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6 words match “APICAL”

APICAL a.
At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit. Gray.
SATRAPICAL a.
Satrapal. [R.]
SUBAPICAL a.
Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part just below the apex.
APICULAR a.
Situated at, or near, the apex; apical.
LECYTHIS n.
ntic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtaceæ, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. L. Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers.
MOSS n.
with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water.