(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:28:51

Stro"phi*ole (?), n. [L. strophiolum a little chaplet, dim. of strophium a band, Gr. , dim. of a twisted band: cf. F. strophiole.] Bot.

A crestlike excrescence about the hilum of certain seeds; a caruncle.

 

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