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Acropetal :: Acropetal (a.) Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence..

Receptacle :: Receptacle (n.) The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.

Top :: Top (n.) The highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or extremity; the upper side or surface; summit; apex; vertex; cover; lid; as, the top of a spire; the top of a house; the top of a mountain; the top of the ground..

Top-shaped :: Top-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate..

Pertusate :: Pertusate (a.) Pierced at the apex.

Superior :: Superior (a.) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle.

Decumbent :: Decumbent (a.) Reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand, and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent stem..

Bell Crank :: Bell crank () A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery..

Obconical :: Obconical (a.) Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical..

Decollated :: Decollated (a.) Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells..

Nodding :: Nodding (a.) Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.

Apex :: Apex (n.) The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf..

Turbinated :: Turbinated (a.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.

Dinotherium :: Dinotherium (n.) A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw.

Receptacle :: Receptacle (n.) The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary..

Straight :: Straight (superl.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve..

Trinervate :: Trinervate (a.) Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex; -- said of a leaf.

Truncated :: Truncated (a.) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off.

Fissurella :: Fissurella (n.) A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also keyhole limpet..

Apical :: Apical (a.) At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit..

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