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VACUOLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("vacuole" is a kind of...):
bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)
Holonyms ("vacuole" is a part of...):
cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)
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