fascicle
a section of a book or set of books being published in installments as separate pamphlets or volumes.
a small bundle, tight cluster, or the like.
Botany. a close cluster, as of flowers or leaves.
Anatomy. a small bundle of nerve or muscle fibers.
Origin of fascicle
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How to use fascicle in a sentence
When the fascicles were all lighted the whole band began a wild race around the fire.
The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony | Washington MatthewsThe small flowers, which appear from June until October, are solitary at the nodes or in fascicles.
Fruits of the Hawaiian Islands | Gerrit Parmile WilderWhen a number of leaves are bundled together,—a plan not rare among evergreens,—they are said to be fasciculated or in fascicles.
Trees of the Northern United States | Austin C. ApgarThey are snow-white, drooping, and produced in lateral fascicles of eight or ten together.
Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs | A. D. WebsterThe tentacles are in fascicles which are usually borne upon lobed or swollen places.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole | Gary N. Calkins
British Dictionary definitions for fascicle
/ (ˈfæsɪkəl) /
a bundle or cluster of branches, leaves, etc
Also called: fasciculus anatomy a small bundle of fibres, esp nerve fibres
printing another name for fascicule
any small bundle or cluster
Origin of fascicle
1Derived forms of fascicle
- fascicled, adjective
- fascicular (fəˈsɪkjʊlə) or fasciculate (fəˈsɪkjʊˌleɪt, -lɪt), adjective
- fasciculately, adverb
- fasciculation, noun
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Scientific definitions for fascicle
[ făs′ĭ-kəl ]
A bundle or cluster of stems, flowers, or leaves, such as the bundles in which pine needles grow.
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