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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels;
[syn: plexus, rete]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Plexus \Plex"us\, n.; pl. L. Plexus, E. Plexuses. [L., a twining, braid, fr. plectere, plexum, to twine, braid.] 1. (Anat.) A network of vessels, nerves, or fibers. [1913 Webster] 2. (Math.) The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities. --Brande & C. [1913 Webster] 3. A network; an intricate or interwoven combination of elements or parts in a coherent structure. In the perception of a tree the reference to an object is circumscribed and directed by a plexus of visual and other presentations. --G. F. Stout. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

plexus n 1: a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels [syn: plexus, rete]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

Plexus A modular web server written in Perl by Tony Sanders . Comes with interfaces to allow many other information services to be served via the Web. Version 3.0m 1994-07-22 (ftp://ftp.earth.com/plexus/). (1994-07-22)