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- 1. Not complex or compound. 2. In anatomy, composed of a minimum number of parts. 3. A medicinal herb. [L. simplex]* * *symbolic interactive modeling package and learning environment
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1) free from complexity or difficulty: asa) easily treated or cured <a \simple vitamin deficiency>b) controlled by a single gene <\simple inherited characters>2) of, relating to, or being an epithelium in which the cells are arranged in a single layersimple n1) a medicinal plant2) a vegetable drug having only one ingredient* * *
sim·ple (simґpəl) [L. simplex] 1. neither compound nor complex; single. 2. an old term for any herb with real or supposed medicinal virtues.
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Simple — Sim ple, n. [F. See {Simple}, a.] 1. Something not mixed or compounded. Compounded of many simples. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A medicinal plant; so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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