laesura

English

Noun

laesura (plural laesurae)

1. (biology) The suture line that shows how spores or grains separated.

Derived terms

• laesural

Anagrams

• Lareaus, as a rule

Latin

Participle

laesūra

1. inflection of laesūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

laesūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of laesūrus

References

• “laesura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• laesura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• laesura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.