nidulant

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nidulant - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nidulant \Nid"u*lant\, a. [L. nidulans, p. pr.: cf. F.
     Nidulant.]
     1. Nestling, as a bird in its nest.
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     2. (Bot.) Lying loose in pulp or cotton within a berry or
        pericarp, as in a nest.
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