See Also: diverticle(medicine)
diverticle(dictionary)

plagioclase (iou) and diverticle (iou)


plagioclase (iou)



plagioclase noun. M19.
[from PLAGIO- + Greek klasis breaking, cleavage.]
Mineralogy. Any of a series of triclinic feldspars (sodium or calcium aluminosilicates) which occur widely in rocks and as free crystals (orig. characterized as having two cleavages at an oblique angle).

diverticle (iou)



diverticle noun.LME.
[formed as DIVERTICULUM.]
A byway, a side-road; a turning out of the main or direct way (lit. & fig.). LME-L18.
= DIVERTICULUM 2. Only in M19.