apophysis

(noun)

noun

1. (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

Definition categories: plant, enation

2. (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra

Definition categories: body, appendage, outgrowth, process