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axile

American  
[ak-sahyl] / ˈæk saɪl /

adjective

Botany.
  1. in or of an axis.


axile British  
/ -saɪl, ˈæksɪl /

adjective

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of axile

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

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

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 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 disjunction or dialysis of the carpels, for instance, frequently renders axile placentation marginal.

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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