axile
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- subaxile adjective
Etymology
Origin of axile
Example Sentences
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In malformed flowers of Digitalis the change from axile to parietal placentation may often be seen.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
Section of seed of Violet; anatropous with straight axile embryo in the albumen.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
Enlargement of axile organs.—All the species of Pelargonium, Geranium, Mirabilis, as well as those of Caryophylleæ and other orders, have tumid nodes as a normal occurrence.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
Abortion of axile organs.—When the main stem is arrested in its growth, the habit and general appearance of the plant are materially altered, as in the so-called stemless plants, plantæ acaules.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
The ovary is partially adherent, is surmounted by a style, and has two or three loculi with an axile placenta, to which several small curved ovules are attached.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
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