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Macula   Listen
noun
Macula  n.  (pl. maculae)  
1.
A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb; called also macule.
2.
(Zool.) A rather large spot or blotch of color.





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"Macula" Quotes from Famous Books



... principle of this cicuta is the volatile alkaloid canine, common also to the poison hemlock (Conium macula turn L.) The symptoms of the poisoning are many, including violent contraction of the muscles, dilated pupils and epilepsy... No antidote for canine poisoning is known... The active canine... was the poison employed by the Greeks in putting ...
— The Golf Course Mystery • Chester K. Steele


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