apiculus

[ uh-pik-yuh-luhs, ey-pik- ]

noun

, Botany.

, plural a·pic·u·li [uh, -, pik, -y, uh, -lahy, ey-, pik, -].

1. a small point or tip.

Word History and Origins

Origin of apiculus¹

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

Example Sentences

A diminutive “apiculus” is used in botany.

From Project Gutenberg

Sporangia large, sub-globose, sessile, or crowded, more or less regular; the peridium tawny yellow, or olivaceous, very thin and fragile, iridescent; mass of capillitium and spores tawny-yellow, elaters simple or sometimes branched, very short, sometimes with thicker swollen portions, the surface marked with low smooth spirals, in places faint and obsolete, the extremities rounded and obtuse, usually with a minute apiculus; spores globose, minutely warted, 10–13 �.

From Project Gutenberg

Mass of spores and capillitium yellow; elaters simple or sometimes branched, 3–4 mic. in thickness, sometimes with thicker inflated portions; the surface punctulate or minutely warted, occasionally marked with very faint spirals; the extremities usually rounded and obtuse, sometimes acute, and rarely with a minute apiculus.

From Project Gutenberg

Mass of capillitium and spores tawny yellow; elaters simple or sometimes branched, mostly very short, 4 mic. in thickness, sometimes with thicker swollen portions; the surface marked with low smooth spirals, in places faint and obsolete; the extremities rounded and obtuse, usually with a very minute apiculus, 1–3 mic. in length.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg