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apophysis

MEANING: (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

Hypernym Tree (apophysis is a type of)

plant_process, enation -- (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ
process, outgrowth, appendage -- (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"
body_part -- (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
part, piece -- (a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
thing -- (a separate and self-contained entity
entity -- (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

Also See

podetium -- (an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne
peristome -- ((botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule
haustorium -- (a rootlike attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host
apophysis -- ((botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers
callus -- ((botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
nodule, tubercle -- (small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
spur -- (tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
aculeus -- (a stiff sharp-pointed plant process
acumen -- (a tapering point
hair, fuzz, tomentum -- (filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"
burl -- (a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree