holdfast
1Holdfast — 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… …
2holdfast — index connection (fastening) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3holdfast — [hōld′fast΄] n. 1. the act of holding fast 2. any of various devices that hold something else in place; hook, nail, clamp, etc. 3. Bot. a part of certain rootless plants, as some algae, used to attach the plant to a surface 4. Zool. an organ of a …
4Holdfast — A holdfast is a root like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, colonial cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate. [cite book |author=D. N. Thomas |year=2002 |title=Seaweeds… …
5holdfast — hold·fast hōl(d) .fast n an organ by which a parasitic animal (as a tapeworm) attaches itself to its host * * * hold·fast (hōldґfast) a mass of material secreted by a cell or organism by which it is attached to a substrate or surface; called …
6holdfast organ — holdfast …
7holdfast organelle — holdfast …
8holdfast — see Brag is a good dog, but Holdfast is better …
9Holdfast Bay — is a small bay in Gulf St Vincent, next to Adelaide, South Australia. Along its shores lie the City of Holdfast Bay and the popular beach side suburb of Glenelg.European settlementThe bay was named by Colonel William Light, South Australian… …
10Holdfast Bay City — City of Holdfast Bay Lage von Holdfast Bay City in Adelaide Gliederung …
