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Apex vs Trinervate - What's the difference?

apex | trinervate |

As a noun apex

is apex.

As an adjective trinervate is

(botany|of a leaf) having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex.

apex

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The highest point of something.
    • the apex of the building
  • (label) The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
    • the apex of civilization
  • * 2002 , , WIGU adventures
    • It would be an intense disgust. The absolute apex of teen angst.
  • (label) The topmost vertex of a cone or pyramid (in their conventional orientation).
  • The pointed end of something.
  • # The lowest part of the human heart.
  • # The deepest part of a tooth's root.
  • (label) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support; the tip.
  • (label) The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.
  • (label) The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
  • The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
  • (label) A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.
  • (label) A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates .

    • Synonyms

    * (highest point) peak, top, summit * acme, culmination, height, peak, pinnacle * (pointed end) end, tip * See also

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    trinervate

    English

    Adjective

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  • (botany, of a leaf) Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex.
    • (Gray)
    (Webster 1913)