subapicaladj.
/ˌsʌbˈapᵻkl/, /ˌsʌbˈeɪpᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈæpək(ə)l/, /ˌsəbˈeɪpᵻk(ə)l/ Chiefly Zoology and Botany.
Situated or occurring close to or just below the apex; nearly apical.
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subapical1828
the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [adjective] > on or near growing point
subapical1870
apicifixed1878
1828 G. B. Sowerby in Zool. Jrnl. 3 577 The caudal fin is rounded,..with an abbreviated black subapical fascia.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 78 Carpels hairy with an eglandular subapical pit.
1913 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 4 June 955 The orange subapical bar to the fore wing.
1941 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 Nov. 604/1 The usual site of the earliest lesion in proliferative tuberculosis is subapical in the upper lobe.
1960 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 47 260/2 Subapical meristematic activity plays an important role in stem development not only in rosette species but also in caulescent plants.
1999 Jrnl. Nat. Hist. 33 65 Some of them, the pocilliform setae, have a subapical pore.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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