Antical
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Antical is an adjective meaning (botany) Oriented towards the apex.
Meaning
(botany) Oriented towards the apex.
More Meanings
- (botany) Of or pertaining to the surface of a prostrate thallus that is oriented away from the substrate.
Example Sentences
The antical margin is entire, the apex is usually tipped with a single acuminate tooth, although a second smaller tooth is sometimes present at the antical base of the apical tooth, or the apex may even be subequally bispinose.
Antonyms for antical
Common opposites include postical.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include postical, superior, apicifloral, acropetal, circinal, ovate.
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