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Cremaster :: Cremaster (n.) The apex of the last abdominal segment of an insect.

Vertex :: Vertex (n.) A turning point; the principal or highest point; top; summit; crown; apex.

Top-shaped :: Top-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate..

Top :: Top (n.) The highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or extremity; the upper side or surface; summit; apex; vertex; cover; lid; as, the top of a spire; the top of a house; the top of a mountain; the top of the ground..

Nodding :: Nodding (a.) Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.

Anatropous :: Anatropous (a.) Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous..

Superior :: Superior (a.) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle.

Trinervate :: Trinervate (a.) Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex; -- said of a leaf.

Apex :: Apex (n.) The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf..

Apex :: Apex (n.) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.

Fissurella :: Fissurella (n.) A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also keyhole limpet..

Subaquaneous :: Subapical (a.) Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part just below the apex.

Glans :: Glans (n.) The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis, and the extremity of the clitoris..

Acroterium :: Acroterium (n.) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture..

Pertusate :: Pertusate (a.) Pierced at the apex.

Apical :: Apical (a.) At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit..

Apicular :: Apicular (a.) Situated at, or near, the apex; apical..

Obconical :: Obconical (a.) Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical..

Turbinated :: Turbinated (a.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root..

Mammillated :: Mammillated (a.) Bounded like a nipple; -- said of the apex of some shells.

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