axile

American  

[ak-sahyl] / ˈæk saɪl /

adjective

Botany.

1. in or of an axis.

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axile British  

/ -saɪl, ˈæksɪl /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• subaxile adjective

Etymology

Origin of axile

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

Example Sentences

Pod free, but enclosed in the calyx, membranous, 1–4-celled, many-seeded with axile placentæ.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Ovary 1-celled with 3 parietal placentæ or 6–9-celled with axile placentæ.

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