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fascicle definition

fas·ci·cle (fas′i kəl)

noun

  1. any of the sections of a book being brought out in installments prior to its publication in completed form
  2. a small bundle
  3. Bot. a small tuft or cluster of fibers, leaves, stems, roots, etc.

Etymology: ME < OFr < L fasciculus, dim. of fascis: see fasces

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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