- (n.) A seam or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean or between the whorls of a univalve shell.
- (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.
- (n.) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.
- (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.
- (n.) A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, which really corresponds to a midrib.
- (n.) The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent.
- (n.) The stitch by which the parts are united.
- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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