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- noun Plural form of
glandule .
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Examples
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R. Lazar Ben Josah saith, that she hung by the glandules of her breasts.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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The stem was dotted in the upper part with glandules and was pale yellow.
Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin
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Pistillate: 3 glandules in the corolla tube; style long; stigmas 3.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Pistillate: calyx and corolla same as staminate; nectary, 5 glandules on the base of the ovary.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Between the last filaments are 8 nearly globose glandules.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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-- A tree 20° high, with leaves alternate, peltate, slightly cordate, orbicular, the apex divided into two large lobules with a stylet between them, glabrous above, somewhat downy beneath; 2 large, flat glandules are situated at the base.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Pistillate axillary, calyx adherent, 5 pointed sepals; corolla, 5 nearly triangular petals, finely dentate; style thick, short, the base encircled by 3 glandules; stigma cordate.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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It distinctly tapers upwards, is "rhubarb yellow," and dotted with glandules.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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They are small, the mouths rounded, brownish, then dull ochraceous, and dotted with glandules.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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So of the noted glandules which form Peyer's patches, their precise office, though seemingly like those of the lymphatic glands, cannot be positively assigned, so far as I know, at the present time.
Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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