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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome;
- Example: "telomeres act as caps to keep the sticky ends of chromosomes from randomly clumping together"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

telomere
    n 1: either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome; "telomeres
         act as caps to keep the sticky ends of chromosomes from
         randomly clumping together"