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apical

About 2.72 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Of or connected with the apex.
  2. adjective Of a meristem, situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary growth situated between zones of permanent tissue.
  3. adjective Of a sound, produced with the tip of the tongue.
  4. noun A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue.

Similar words

top tip apex leader latter terminal zenith topmost uppermost pinnacle

Often followed by

cell meristem and membrane portion region part surface foramen dominance

Word family

apically

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