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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (anatomy) a point or small area

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. puncta) Biol. a speck, dot, spot of colour, etc., or an elevation or depression on a surface. Etymology: L, = POINT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Punctum Punc"tum, n. [L., a point.] A point. Punctum c[ae]cum. [L., blind point.] (Anat.) Same as Blind spot, under Blind. Punctum proximum, near point. See under Point. Punctum remotum, far point. See under Point. Punctum vegetationis [L., point of vegetation] (Bot.), the terminal cell of a stem, or of a leaf bud, from which new growth originates.