Source : WordNet®

apophyses
     See {apophysis}

apophysis
     n 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
     2: (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or
        part such as the process of a vertebra
     [also: {apophyses} (pl)]