Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, the slender fibrous band forming the margin of the posterior part of the fourth ventricle of the brain, being the enlarged prolongation of the posterior median column of the spinal cord.
- noun In zoology:
- noun The typical genus of the family Clavidæ.
- noun A genus of mollusks.
- noun In entomology, the club-like form produced by two or more enlarged joints at the end of the antennæ in certain insects, as the Cleridæ. Such antennæ are called
clavate . See cut underclavate .
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Everyone knows balaclava is from the Greek, meaning sweet(bala)dessert(clava), although I can't figure out why Steve would want us to wear it.
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The word clover is a corruption of the Latin _clava_ a club; and the "clubs" on our playing cards are representations of clover leaves; whilst in France the same black suit is called _trefle_.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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The vertical part is continuous below the obex with the clava, to which it is adherent by its lateral border.
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The lower end of the ala cinerea is crossed by a narrow translucent ridge, the funiculus separans, and between this funiculus and the clava, is a small tongue-shaped area, the area postrema.
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That on the fasciculus gracilis is named the clava, and is produced by a subjacent nucleus of gray matter, the nucleus gracilis; that on the fasciculus cuneatus is termed the cuneate tubercle, and is likewise caused by a gray nucleus, named the nucleus cuneatus.
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The lower part of each lateral boundary is constituted by the clava, the fasciculus cuneatus, and the inferior peduncle; the upper part by the middle and the superior peduncle.
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Here are a few shrubs growing on these shelly heights, viz. Rhamnus frangula, Sideroxilon, Myrica, Zanthoxilon clava Herculis, Juniperus Americana, Lysium salsum; together with several new genera and species of the herbacious and suffruticose tribes, Croton, Stillingia, &c. but particularly a species of Mimosa (Mimosa virgatia) which in respect of the elegancy of its pinnated
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Red Liberal said: Ron Paul la clava en 2002: This is not capitalism!
Red Liberal amartinoro 2010
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Ron Paul la clava en 2002: This is not capitalism!
Red Liberal amartinoro 2010
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Ron Paul la clava en 2002: This is not capitalism!
Red Liberal amartinoro 2010
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