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Definition of Retinacula
1. retinaculum [n] - See also: retinaculum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retinacula
Literary usage of Retinacula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1896)
"It may not be so well known that these bands are called the retinacula of ...
In the adult these retinacula may be said to be normally three in number, ..."
2. The British Flower Garden: Containing Coloured Figures and Descriptions of ...by Robert Sweet by Robert Sweet (1838)
"... covered with a silvery pellicle ; the edges blunt and even. retinacula thick,
horny ... retinacula ..."
3. The Fertilisation of Flowers by Hermann Müller, Charles Darwin (1883)
"The pollinia stand wide apart when they are extracted (9) ; but the retinacula
twist inwards as they dry (cf. 9, 10, 11) bringing the pollinia so close ..."
4. The Fertilisation of Flowers by Hermann Müller, Charles Darwin (1883)
"The pollinia stand wide apart when they are extracted (9); but the retinacula
twist inwards as they dry (cf. 9, 10, 11) bringing the pollinia so close ..."
5. The Fertilisation of Flowers by Hermann Müller, Charles Darwin (1883)
"The pollinia stand wide apart when they are extracted (9) ; but the retinacula
twist inwards as they dry (cf. 9, 10, 11) bringing the pollinia so close ..."
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