Apocynaceous
belonging to the apocynaceae, the dogbane family of plants.
adjective
of, relating to, or belonging to the apocynaceae, a family of mostly tropical flowering plants with latex in their stems, including the dogbane, periwinkle, oleander, and some lianas
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- Apodal
having no distinct feet or footlike members. belonging or pertaining to the orders apoda and apodes, comprising various groups of animals without limbs. historical examples a family of fishes belonging to the apodal section of the malacopterygii. cooley’s cyclopdia of practical receipts and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades…, sixth edition, volume […]
- Apodeictic
incontestable because of having been demonstrated or proved to be demonstrable. logic. (of a proposition) necessarily true or logically certain. historical examples in the former case, the dogmatist must take care that his arguments possess the apodeictic certainty of a demonstration. the critique of pure reason immanuel kant i shall term this the demonstrative or […]
- Apodema
. historical examples apodema: a conspicuous transverse band crossing the thorax in front of the scutellum in male coccidae. explanation of terms used in entomology john. b. smith
- Apodeme
a ridgelike ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports the internal organs and provides the attachment points for the muscles. historical examples the apodeme, of course, is moulted with the integuments of the mouth. a monograph on the sub-cl-ss cirripedia (volume 1 of 2) charles darwin endosternite: that part of the apodeme arising […]