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Webster 1913 Edition

Frustule

Frus′tule

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Noun.
[L.
frustulum
, dim. fr.
frustum
a piece: cf. F.
frustule
.]
(Bot.)
The siliceous shell of a diatom. It is composed of two valves, one overlapping the other, like a pill box and its cover.

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