Centriole

2 definitions found

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

  centriole \centriole\ n. (Biol.)
     one of two small cylindrical cell organelles composes of nine
     triplet microtubules, which form the asters during mitosis.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  centriole
       n : one of two small cylindrical cell organelles composes of 9
           triplet microtubules; form the asters during mitosis