Segment

(In palms) a division of a palmate or costapalmate leaf blade;


(In ferns) the ultimate segment, i.e. the smallest division, of a compound frond.


One of the parts of a leaf, calyx, corolla or perianth.


One of the subdivisons of any cleft body.


A part of an organ or piece of tissue which is clearly separate from other parts.


A portion of a tissue or organ, usually distinguishable from other portions by line of demarcation.


A region defined by either a real or imaginary boundary; a naturally occurring division arising from segmentation.


The segment of a limb found between two adjacent joints; a subsection, ring, lobe, somite, or metamere within any cleft or articulated structure.


 


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