antical
adjEtymology From Latin antīcus (“anterior”) + -al.
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Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Of or pertaining to the surface of a prostrate thallus that is oriented away from the substrate.
- 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.1914, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, page 593: