apophysis

9 letters · noun · scores 2,600 in SpellHuntr

noun

(botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

Apophysis in a sentence

In the male each palpal tibia shows a long narrow apophysis on the outerside.

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