APOPHYSIS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or part such as the process of a vertebra
   Hypernyms(s) apophysis is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • process (what does process mean?)
   • outgrowth (what does outgrowth mean?)
   • appendage (what does appendage mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (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
   Hypernyms(s) apophysis is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • plant process (what does plant process mean?)
   • enation (what does enation mean?)