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Definition of Areoles
1. areole [n] - See also: areole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Areoles
Literary usage of Areoles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fruit of Opuntia Fulgida: A Study of Perennation and Proliferation in by Duncan Starr Johnson (1918)
"AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE areoles. Since there is a bud in the axil of each of the
leaves of the wall of the ovary, except in the cases of 4 or 5 of the upper ..."
2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1900)
"A. Cuticular areoles longer than high, on and between them small circular ... B.
Cuticular areoles higher than long. a. Spines on the summits of the highest ..."
3. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose (1920)
"Spines of the branch-areoles acicular. Hairs of flower-areoles bright white.
Hairs of flower-areoles tawny or whitish i. 5. grandiflorus Branches 4 or ..."
4. Acadian Geology: The Geological Structure, Organic Remains, and Mineral by John William Dawson (1878)
"areoles large, separated by waving grooves of the bark. Yar. c. Similar, but
ridges as well as furrows between the areoles; var. undulata of Goeppert. ..."
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