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Areola [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The colored circle round the nipple or round a pustule.

Areola [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect's wing.

2. The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule.

Areolae [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Areola

Areolar [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areolae.

Areolate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Areolated

Areolated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers.

Areolation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Division into areolae.

2. Any small space, bounded by some part different in color or structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects, or those by the veins of leaves; an areola.