Definitions for "Areole"
The growing point on a cactus where the spines, flowers, side shoots or leaves eminate.
A small well-defined area, usually hairy and cushion-like, found on the stem of cacti. From them arise spinesorglochids.
Swollen area at the nodes of cacti.
Keywords:  botany
Keywords:  aril, ascending
Aril Ascending
any small green area of a leaf blade surrounded by veinlets, visible when a leaf is held up to sunlight and inspected with a handlens; may contain a pale dot which is an oil gland
Keywords:  reticulum, veins, mesh, enclosed, space
A mesh in a network of veins.
a space enclosed by the veins of a reticulum.
Parent Term: Venation Plural: Areolae Synonyms: Areola Areoles Difficulty Level
Same as Areola.