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fascicular

fascicular

9.8
Arranged in small bundles, like muscle or nerve fibers
  • adjective
  • /fæˈsɪkjələr/
  • Specialized
: fascicular
  • The plant's fascicular arrangement allows for efficient nutrient transport through its bundles of vascular tissues.

Examples

  • Histologic examination revealed a polymorphous architectural pattern with varied and often intermingled areas of solid, trabecular, ductal, and fascicular growth (figure 3).

    Academic text (2005)

  • PLGAs typically exhibit a variety of patterns: solid, trabecular, glandular, cystic, ductal, spindled, fascicular, cribriform, and papillary.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Photo (black & white): Figure 2: Photomicrograph showing spindle cell proliferation in a whirling fascicular pattern (H & E, x20).

    Academic text (2007)

  • Under the microscope, the tumor exhibited a distinctive fascicular structure, characterized by tightly packed cells.

  • Botanists noted that the fascicular growth pattern of the roots helps stabilize the plant in loose soil.

How Clustered

fascicular
  • Specialized
9.8
clustered
19 4.1
grouped
3 2.0
dispersed
16 4.2

Surface Forms

fascicular positive

Morphology

fascicular = fascicle (transparent) = fascicle + ar

Clear adjectival formation from 'fascicle' meaning 'bundle', which directly yields 'relating to bundles' in biological contexts.

Etymology

Fascicular is related to fascicle, a word for a 'bundle', and in biology it paints the picture of fibers or stems grouped like little bundles. So fascicular means arranged in 'bundles' or clusters.