- holdfast
- noun Date: 1566 1. something to which something else may be firmly secured 2. a. a part by which a plant clings to a flat surface b. an organ by which a parasitic animal attaches itself to its host
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Holdfast — Hold fast , n. 1. Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long flat headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support. His holdfast was gone. Bp. Montagu. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A conical or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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