Strophiole

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

  Strophiole \Stro"phi*ole\, n. [L. strophiolum a little chaplet,
     dim. of strophium a band, Gr. ?, dim. of ? a twisted band:
     cf. F. strophiole.] (Bot.)
     A crestlike excrescence about the hilum of certain seeds; a
     caruncle.
     [1913 Webster]