tra|bec|u|la

tra|bec|u|la
tra|bec|u|la «truh BEHK yuh luh», noun, plural -lae «-lee».
1. a structure in an animal or plant like a small beam or bar.
2. Botany. a projection extending across the cell cavity in the ducts of some plants, or across the cavity of the sporangium in mosses.
[< Latin trabecula (diminutive) < trabs, trabis beam]

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