Definition of "uvula" []

• A small, conical, fleshy mass of tissue suspended from the center of the soft palate. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "(Did anyone else's grandmother call their uvula an alligouzal?"
• "The uvula is the fleshy thing that hangs down from the roof of your mouth."
• "GROSS: You have a very unique voice, and physically one of the reasons for part of the uniqueness of your singing is that you don't have a uvula, which is that … Ms. O'DAY: Oh, you read my book … GROSS: I did read your book."