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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Flagellum

/fləj-ĕl'-əm/ · Fla·gel·lum · IPA /fləˈd͡ʒɛləm/
01 n. A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.
pl. Flagellums, Flagella ((#))
  1. 1.
    A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.(Bot.)
  2. 2.
    A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata.(Zool.) See: Flagellata