'Vallecula' definitions:
Definition of 'vallecula'
(from WordNet)
noun
(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part [syn: groove, vallecula]
Definition of 'Vallecula'
From: GCIDE
- Vallecula \Val*lec"u*la\, n.; pl. Valleculae. [NL., dim. fr. L. vallis, valles, a valley.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Anat.) A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) One of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous plants. [1913 Webster]