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nuculanium (iou)



nuculanium noun. Now rare or obsolete. E19.
[mod. Latin, irreg. formed as NUCULE: see -IUM.]
Botany. Orig., a fleshy fruit formed of several distinct nutlets. Later, a fleshy stony-seeded fruit (e.g. a grape) formed from a superior ovary.