Holdfast Definition

hōldfăst
noun
The act of holding fast.
Webster's New World
Any of various devices that hold something else in place; hook, nail, clamp, etc.
Webster's New World
A part of certain rootless plants, as some algae, used to attach the plant to a surface.
Webster's New World
An organ of a parasitic or sessile organism, specialized for attachment to a host or other object.
Webster's New World

(archaic, medicine) Actinomycosis.

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Noun

Singular:
holdfast
Plural:
holdfasts

Origin of Holdfast

Holdfast Sentence Examples

  • The hollow holdfast of furbelows, covered in suction pads.

  • The loops of blue and taches of gold, never let go their holdfast.

  • In germination of the seed the root of the embryo (radicle) grows out to get a holdfast for the plant; this is generally followed by the growth of the short stem immediately above the root, the so-called "hypocotyl," which carries up the cotyledons above the ground, where they spread to the light and become the first green leaves of the plant.

  • The most fundamental external differentiation is into holdfast and shoot.

  • Besides the differentiation into holdfast and shoot, and into branches of limited and branches of unlimited growth, there appear superficial structures of the nature of hairs.

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Words Starting With

HHOHOL

Words Ending With

TSTAST

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With H8 Letter Words Ending With T