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.
uk â /kÉnËsÉÊl/ us â /kÉnËsoÊl/. âº to make someone who is sad or disappointed feel better by giving them comfort or sympathy: He tried to console her, but she kept saying it was all her own fault. I tried to console her with a box of chocolates.