 shui3 - water kong3 - hole; pore Here is a little lesson from zoology and animal anatomy. The word "osculum" refers to a pore found in sponges (Phylum Porifera) through which water is expelled from the creature into the surrounding watery environment. In the picture below, the number 1 indicates where the osculum (or excurrent pore) is situated. 
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July 22, 1998Phylum Porifera The Sponges Structure of a Sponge |
 ya2 - sprout; shoot; bud According to Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, a plumule is "the primary bud of a plant embryo usu. situated at the apex of the hypocotyl and consisting of leaves and an epicotyl." By the time you read this, I may have the words for hypocotyl and epicotyl in the dictionary Check out the links to the right for more info on this word. |
July 21, 1998Palm Seed Figure 2 Note the location of the plumule in the figure. Bio 184 Plant Biology 剋 痘 寧 膠 囊 BAROCOMIN CAPSULES When I put the word FªÞ into a Chinese search engine(Monster Search), this site came up. I didn't find the word on the page, but it was an interesting site (in Chinese.) |
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