FASCICLE

Fascicle

In botany, a fascicle is a bundle of leaves or flowers, or of the vascular tissues that supply these organs with nutrients. Vascular tissues may occur in fascicles even when the organs they supply are not fascicled. In zoology and animal anatomy the term fascicle refers to a small bundle, usually of fibres, nerves, or vessels.

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fascicle

Noun

  1. A bundle or cluster.
  2. : A bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by connective tissue.
  3. : A cluster of flowers or leaves, such as the bundles of the thin leaves (or needles) of pines.
  4. : A discrete bundle of vascular tissue.
  5. A discrete section of a book issued or published separately.


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