See Also: gusset(medicine)
gusset(dictionary)
gusset(dictionary)

rhizobium (iou) and gusset (iou)


rhizobium (iou)



rhizobium noun. . E20.
[mod. Latin Rhizobium (see below), from RHIZO- + Greek bios life + -IUM.]
An aerobic nitrogen-fixing bacterium of the genus Rhizobium, found in soil and esp. as a symbiont, in root nodules of leguminous plants.
rhizobial adjective M20.
rhizobially adverb L20.

gusset (iou)



gusset noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French gousset dim. of gousse pod, shell, of unkn. origin.]
A (triangular) piece of material let into a garment to strengthen or enlarge some part. LME.
Hist. A piece of flexible material introduced in a coat of mail to fill up a space at the joints between two adjoining pieces of mail. LME.
Heraldry. A charge formed by a line drawn from the dexter or sinister chief to a central point, from where the line is continued perpendicularly to the base of the escutcheon. Cf. GORE noun2 3. M16.
A triangular piece or corner of land. Chiefly, & now only, Scot. L16.
A flat bracket or angular piece fixed at an angle of a structure to give strength or firmness. M19.
gusseted adjective having a gusset or gussets L19.