"areolæ" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1865, Charles Stodder, Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, volume IX, page 4:",
          "text": "By careful adjustment of the focus of the instrument, with a power proportioned to the size of the areolæ, the granules can be seen in the centre of the hexagons ; care must, however, be taken not to confound an optical effect with the appearance of the granules ; each areola is a minute lens, and so refracts the light as to give a bright or dark dot as the focus is changed, and the granules themselves contribute to this effect.",
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