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Definition of Areolae
1. areola [n] - See also: areola
Lexicographical Neighbors of Areolae
Literary usage of Areolae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"... the very distinct mostly hexagonal areolae, the simple (not " compound " or
... margin 1—4 cells in width, areolae mostly indistinct after drying ..."
2. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1833)
"... much and irregularly toothed at the margin, and ciliated with long stings;
very veiny, veins reticulated, the areolae each bearing a sting, ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Flowers borne on the tubercles or ribs, at or near the areolae. Flowers borne
close to areolae, from which the spines subsequently develope 2. ..."
4. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"areolae axillary, usually spine- bearing. Flowers lateral, arising from the upper
part of ... Hypanthium bearing areolae, not produced beyond the ovary. ..."
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