† unguiclen.
Botany. Obsolete.
A part of a leaf or petal resembling a nail or claw.
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1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ccc2 Medlers, which are of a moderate magnitude, with late heads, discreted with five unguicles or leafes.
1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 95 The unguicle..is always clearer [in colour] than that of the rest of the petal.
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