apophysis
noun
an outgrowth; process; projection or protuberance.
apophyses
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pluralof apophysis.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Cones not exceeding 7 cm. in length, symmetrical, pendent on slender peduncles, ovate-conic, early deciduous; apophyses sublustrous, nut-brown, tumid at the margins, flat on the surface, the umbo large, the mucro rarely persistent.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
Cones from 5 to 8 cm. long, peculiarly narrow-cylindrical, symmetrical; apophyses lustrous, rufous brown, radially carinate, the transverse keel prominent.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
Cones from 4 to 7 cm. long, reflexed, ovate, symmetrical, deciduous on some trees, persistent on others; apophyses pale dull nut-brown, thin or slightly thickened, the prickle usually deciduous.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
Cones from 10 to 17 cm. long, short-pedunculate, ovoid-conic; apophyses lustrous or sublustrous nut-brown, more or less pyramidal, the umbo unarmed; seeds as in the last species.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
Cones from 4 to 6 cm. long, subsessile, symmetrical, deciduous the third year, leaving a few basal scales on the tree; apophyses sublustrous, nut-brown, somewhat thickened along a transverse keel.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
