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nuculanium (iou) and marron (medicine)


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.

marron (medicine)


marron


1. A large chestnut.

2. A chestnut colour; maroon.

3. <chemistry> A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, used to make a noise like a cannon.

Alternative forms: maroon.

See: Maroon.

Source: Websters Dictionary