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▸ noun: The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
▸ noun: (botany) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
▸ noun: (botany) In orchids, a fleshy outgrowth from the labellum.
▸ noun: (botany) In grasses, a hardened extension from the base of a floret, which may or may not elongate and is often covered in hairs or bristles.
▸ noun: (entomology) A shining area on the frons of many species of Tabanomorpha (horse flies and relatives).
▸ verb: (intransitive) To form such hardened tissue.
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external,
bony,
provisional,
periosteal,
embryogenic,
thick,
thin,
soft,
parietal,
internal,
exuberant
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