TABULAE

Noun

tabulae

plural of tabula

Anagrams

• tableau

Source: Wiktionary


TABULA

Tab"u*la, n.; pl. Tabulæ. Etym: [L.]

1. A table; a tablet.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids. Tabula rasa ( Etym: [L.], a smoothed tablet; hence, figuratively, the mind in its earliest state, before receiving impressions from without; -- a term used by Hobbes, Locke, and others, in maintaining a theory opposed to the doctrine of innate ideas.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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