||Val*lec"u*la (?), n.; pl. Valleculæ (#). [NL., dim. fr. L. vallis, valles, a valley.]

1. (Anat.) A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum.

2. (Bot.) One of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous plants.

||Val*lec"u*la (?), n.; pl. Valleculæ (#). [NL., dim. fr. L. vallis, valles, a valley.]

1. (Anat.) A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum.

2. (Bot.) One of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous plants.