apocrypha
— Noun
– English
～ 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status
Apocryphal
— Adjective
– English
～ of or belonging to the Apocrypha
apocryphal
— Adjective
– English
～ being of questionable authenticity
Apocynaceae
— Noun
– English
～ chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs
apocynaceous
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to tropical plants of the family Apocynaceae
Apocynum
— Noun
– English
～ perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers
Apocynum androsaemifolium
— Noun
– English
～ North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
apodal
— Adjective
– English
～ (of snakes and eels) naturally footless; "eels are apodal"
apodeictic
— Adjective
– English
～ of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain
apodeme
— Noun
– English
～ ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles
apodictic
— Adjective
– English
～ of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain
Apodidae
— Noun
– English
～ swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes
Apodiformes
— Noun
– English
～ swifts; hummingbirds
apodous
— Adjective
– English
～ (of snakes and eels) naturally footless; "eels are apodal"
apoenzyme
— Noun
– English
～ a protein that combines with a coenzyme to form an active enzyme
apogametic
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization
apogamic
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization
apogamous
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization
apogamy
— Noun
– English
～ (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization