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Pronunciation : Tab"u*la
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [L.]
Definition : 1. A table; a tablet.

2. (Zo?l.)

Defn: 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.

pl. Tabul
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913