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 Words From

• sub·axile adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of axile¹

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

Example Sentences

Capsule 2-celled, loculicidal, with each axile placenta bearing 2–10 flattish seeds.

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Capsule 3–5-celled with axile placent, loculicidal or circumscissile, many-seeded.

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

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With two or more Cells and Axile Placent, namely, with as many cells as there are carpels, that have united to compose the organ.

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Axile, aks′il, adj. lying in the axis of anything, as an embryo in the axis of a seed.

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