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succedaneum (medicine) and replum (iou)


succedaneum (medicine)


succedaneum


Origin: NL. See Succedaneous.

<medicine> One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute; specifically .

A remedy used as a substitute for another. "In lieu of me, you will have a very charming succedaneum, Lady Harriet Stanhope." (Walpole)

Source: Websters Dictionary


replum (iou)



replum noun. . M19.
[Latin, app. = a covering moulding, formerly interpreted as 'door-frame'.]
Botany. A framework consisting of the placentae and the septum extending between them, found in certain fruits, esp. the siliquae and siliculae of cruciferous plants, in which the valves fall away by dehiscence.