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strophiole
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strophiole, n. [L. strophiolum a little chaplet, dim. of strophium a band, Gr. , dim. of a twisted band: cf. F. strophiole.].
A crestlike excrescence about the hilum of certain seeds; a caruncle. [1913 Webster]
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