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apiculus

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[uh-pik-yuh-luhs, ey-pik-] / əˈpɪk jə ləs, eɪˈpɪk- /

noun

Botany.
apiculi plural
  1. a small point or tip.


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Etymology

Origin of apiculus

1860–65; < New Latin, equivalent to apic- (stem of apex ) apex + -ulus -ule

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Spores generally with an apiculus, .0002 by .00024 inch.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

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