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(1):

(n.) The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume.

(2):

(n.) The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles a seam.

(3):

(n.) The stitch by which the parts are united.

(4):

(n.) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.

(5):

(n.) The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent.

(6):

(n.) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell.

(7):

(n.) A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, which really corresponds to a midrib.

(8):

(n.) The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Suture'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/suture.html. 1828.
 
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