Definition of cleft

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Cleft (n.) A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood..

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Two-cleft :: Two-cleft (a.) Divided about half way from the border to the base into two segments; bifid.
Fissure :: Fissure (n.) A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock..
Rimose :: Rimose (a.) Having long and nearly parallel clefts or chinks, like those in the bark of trees..
Multifid :: Multifid (a.) Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear sinuses; as, a multifid leaf or corolla..
Pedate :: Pedate (a.) Palmate, with the lateral lobes cleft into two or more segments; -- said of a leaf..
Vein :: Vein (n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance..
Split :: Split (a.) Divided; cleft.
Opening :: Opening (n.) A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole..
Sea Girdles :: Sea girdles () A kind of kelp (Laminaria digitata) with palmately cleft fronds; -- called also sea wand, seaware, and tangle..
Clift :: Clift (n.) A cleft of crack; a narrow opening.
Fissirostres :: Fissirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft.
Jag :: Jag (n.) A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.
Jag :: Jag (n.) A cleft or division.
Fissirostral :: Fissirostral (a.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers..
Quinque- :: Quinque- () A combining form meaning five, five times, fivefold; as, quinquefid, five-cleft; quinquedentate, five-toothed..
Rima :: Rima (n.) A narrow and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure.
Clough :: Clough (n.) A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley.
Jeffersonia :: "Jeffersonia (n.) An American herb with a pretty, white, solitary blossom, and deeply two-cleft leaves (Jeffersonia diphylla); twinleaf..
Cleft :: Cleft (n.) A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood..
Fissile :: Fissile (a.) Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals..
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