Commissure

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Commissure \Com*mis"sure\ (? or ?; 134-6), n. [L. commissura a
     joining together: cf. F. commissure. See {Commit}.]
     1. A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or
        parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or
        juncture.
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     2. (Anat. & Zool.)
        (a) The point of union between two parts, as the angles of
            the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc.
        (b) A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain
            or spinal marrow; a chiasma.
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     3. (Bot.) The line of junction or cohering face of two
        carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc.
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