annulus

Jan. 25th, 2007 07:24 am
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annulus - n., a ring-shaped figure, such as a tree-ring or the space between two concentric circles in a plane.


Or possibly also a toroidal figure. And definitely also the veil remnant on a mushroom stalk. From Latin ānulus, finger ring, diminutive of ānus, ring.

---L.

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