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apical

[ey-pi-kuhl, ap-i-] / ˈeɪ pɪ kəl, ˈæp ɪ- /








ADJECTIVE
tiptop
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ADJECTIVE
uppermost
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"The AO has a striking complexity when compared to apical organs of cnidarian and bilaterian. It is so unique!"

From Science Daily Mar. 6, 2026

Using high-resolution microscopy, the team closely tracked how apical progenitor cells divided.

From Science Daily Dec. 17, 2025

This orientation ensures that cellular components are evenly shared and that two new apical progenitor cells are produced.

From Science Daily Dec. 17, 2025

BBM encodes a transcription factor that regulates embryonic development, while WUS encodes a transcription factor that maintains stem cell identity in the shoot apical meristem region.

From Science Daily May 1, 2024

Growing from the apex by a terminal bud or by the apical cell only.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa




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