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"Areola" Definition

noun

A small, specialized, cushionlike area on a cactus from which hairs, glochids, spines, branches, or flowers may arise.
Anatomy A small ring of color around a center portion, as about the nipple of the breast or the part of the iris surrounding the pupil of the eye.
Biology A small space or interstice in a tissue or part, such as the area bounded by small veins in a leaf or the wing of an insect.
A small area between things or about something.
A colored ring (as about the nipple, a vesicle, or a pustule).