Dictionary entry

APEX

Webster's Dictionary 1828

A'PEX, nounplural apexes. [Latin apexplural apices.]

The tip, point of summit of any thing. In antiquity, the cap of a flamen or priest; the crest of a helmet. In grammar, the mark of a long syllable. In botany, the anther of flowers, or tops of the stamens, like knobs.