axile

[ak-sahyl]

adjective

Botany.

1. in or of an axis.

axile

/ -saɪl, ˈæksɪl /

adjective

1. botany of, relating to, or attached to the axis

Other Word Forms

• subaxile adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of axile¹

1835–45; < Latin ax ( is ) axis ¹ + -ile

Example Sentences

Embryo straight and axile, with foliaceous cotyledons.—Annuals or perennials, with radical or alternate or whorled entire leaves, without stipules.

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In such a case the placent� are naturally axile, or all brought together in the axis or centre; and the ovary has as many Dissepiments, or internal Partitions, as there are carpels in its composition.

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The disjunction or dialysis of the carpels, for instance, frequently renders axile placentation marginal.

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Frond 7–11-nerved or more; rootlets several, with axile vascular tissue.

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Section of seed of Violet; anatropous with straight axile embryo in the albumen.

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