subterminal

/ sʌbˈtɜːmɪnəl /

adjective

1. almost at an end

Example Sentences

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

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

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The mouth is seldom round; it is often subterminal, opening by a transverse slit.

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On uninodal branchlets they form an apical group consisting of a terminal bud with a whorl of subterminal buds about its base.

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Conelets subterminal or often pseudolateral, their scales gradually narrowed into a spine.

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