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Definition or meaning of the English word Nucleus
A body; usually spheroidal; in a cell or a protozoan; distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm by a difference in refrangibility and in behavior towards chemical reagents. It is more or less protoplasmic; and consists of a clear fluid achromatin (n.). A visceral mass; containing the stomach and other organs; in Tunicata and some mollusks. (n.). The tip; or earliest part; of a univalve or bivalve shell. (n.). A whole seed; as contained within the seed coats. (n.). An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue. (n.). The body or the head of a comet. (n.). A kernel; hence; a central mass or point about which matter is gathered; or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; -- used both literally and figuratively. (n.). The central part around which additional growths are added; as of an operculum. (n.). |
