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cellular 1. of, relating to, resembling, or composed of a cell or cells 2. having cells or small cavities; porous 3. Textiles woven with an open texture cellular [′sel·yə·lər] (biology) Characterized by, consisting of, or pertaining to cells. (petrology) Pertaining to igneous rock having a porous texture, usually with the cavities larger than pore size and smaller than caverns.
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| And the botanist who finds that the apple falls because the cellular tissue decays and so forth is equally right with the child who stands under the tree and says the apple fell because he wanted to eat it and prayed for it. Indeed, owing to this cellular arrangement it resists like a block, as if it were solid. You know that curious cellular matter which constitutes the elementary tissues of vegetable? |
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