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PULSE . (I) (0 . Fr. See also: poll, See also: Lat. pals, pultis, Gr. rains, a porridge of beans, peas, &c.), in botany, a collective See also: term forbeans, peas, and other members of the See also: order See also: Leguminosae (q.v.), which is characterized by having a legume or pod for the fruit
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Fr. pous, mod. pousse, Lat. pulsus, sc. venarum, the beating of the See also: veins, pellere, to drive, beat), throbbing or beating; in physiology the rhythmical beating due to the changes of See also: blood-tension in the arteries consequent on the contractions of their elastic tissues (see VASCULAR See also: SYSTEM)
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