FUL'CRE, noun [Latin] 1. A prop or support. 2. In mechanics, that by which a lever is sustained. 3. In botany, the part of a plant which serves to support or defend it, or to facilitate some necessary secretion, as a stipule, a bracte, a tendril, a gland, etc.
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