apices
Multiple Entries:apices apex
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
apices/ˈeɪpɪsiːz/
plural form of apex.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
apex /ˈeɪpɛks/
▶noun (pl. apexes or apices /ˈeɪpɪsiːz/)
- 1 the top or highest part of something, especially one forming a point.
■ Botany the growing point of a shoot.
- 2 the highest point of achievement.
– origin C17: from L., ‘peak, tip’.
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