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apiculus

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

noun

Botany.

plural

apiculi

  1. a small point or tip.

Etymology

Origin of apiculus

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

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