Many sulci are the product of a surface fold or junction, such as in the gums, where they fold around the neck of the tooth. The term sulcus is used in invertebrate zoology to describe folds, grooves, and boundaries, especially at the edges of sclerites or between segments. In botany and palynology, the surface morphology of seeds and pollen grains is termed sulcate if one or more sulci form major features.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Gratitude. Gratitude, thankfulness, gratefulness, or appreciation is a feeling or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive.
Grateful, thankful describe an appreciative attitude for what one has received. Grateful indicates a warm or deep appreciation of personal kindness as shown to one: grateful for favors; grateful to one's neighbors for help in time of trouble.