subterminal

/ (sʌbˈtɜːmɪnəl) /


adjective
  1. almost at an end

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How to use subterminal in a sentence

  • The zoœcia are tubular and have a terminal or subterminal orifice, which is angulate or subangulate as seen from above.

  • Moreover the conelet is usually, perhaps always, subterminal in P. occidentalis.

    The Genus Pinus | George Russell Shaw
  • The mouth is seldom round; it is often subterminal, opening by a transverse slit.

    Parasites | T. Spencer Cobbold
  • On uninodal branchlets they form an apical group consisting of a terminal bud with a whorl of subterminal buds about its base.

    The Genus Pinus | George Russell Shaw
  • Conelets subterminal or often pseudolateral, their scales gradually narrowed into a spine.

    The Genus Pinus | George Russell Shaw