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Spiricle

Spi"ri*cle\, n. [Dim., fr. L. spira a coil.] (Bot.) One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers. --Gray.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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