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Valve vs Replum - What's the difference?

valve | replum |

In botany terms the difference between valve and replum

is that valve is a small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry while replum is the framework of some pods, such as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off.

As nouns the difference between valve and replum

is that valve is a device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe while replum is the framework of some pods, such as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off.

As a verb valve

is to control (flow) by means of a valve.

valve

English

(wikipedia valve)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
  • A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
  • (anatomy) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves.
  • (British) A vacuum tube.
  • (botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
  • (botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.
  • (biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
  • (biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
  • Derived terms

    * exhaust valve * heart valve * vein valve * ileocecal valve * intake valve * non-return valve: see: non-return * safety valve * toggle valve * valved * valveless * valve oil * valvoplasty

    Verb

    (valv)
  • To control (flow) by means of a valve.
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    replum

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) The framework of some pods, such as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off.
  • (Gray)
    (Webster 1913) ----