What does "retinaculum" mean?
Retinaculum: (Zoöl) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.
Additional senses
- 2.(Bot.) A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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