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acrogynous
having the female reproductive organ arising from the apical cell of the stem, thereby terminating its growth, as certain liverworts. -
apical dominance
suppression of the development of lateral buds in a growing plant shoot, caused by hormones produced in the tip of the shoot. -
apical meristem
meristem at the apex of a root or shoot. -
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ground meristem
an area of primary meristematic tissue, emerging from and immediately behind the apical meristem, that develops into the pith and the cortex. -
halberd
a shafted weapon with an axlike cutting blade, beak, and apical spike, used especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.