apophysis English

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apophysis

— noun (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra

— noun (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

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apophyse

tongue

process

offshoot