apophysis
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 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
Types & categories
- plant process hypernym
Related & opposite
- apophyseal derivation
- phytology domain topic
Sense 2 noun
(anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra
Types & categories
- appendage hypernym
Parts & wholes
- vertebra part holonym
Related & opposite
- apophyseal derivation
- anatomy domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | apophyseal |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | phytology |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant process |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apophyseal |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | anatomy |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | vertebra |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | appendage |