antical

English

Etymology

From Latin antīcus (“anterior”) +‎ -al.

Adjective

antical (not comparable)

1. (botany) Oriented towards the apex.

   Antonym: postical

2. (botany) Of or pertaining to the surface of a prostrate thallus that is oriented away from the substrate.

   Antonym: postical

   • 1914, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, page 593:

     The antical margin is entire, the apex is usually tipped with a single acuminate tooth, although a second smaller tooth is sometimes present at the antical base of the apical tooth, or the apex may even be subequally bispinose.

Anagrams

• actinal, alicant