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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

Example Sentences

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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

Spores subglobose, about six angles, 8–10� in diameter, some slightly longer in the direction of the apiculus, pale-rose under the microscope.

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

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