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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

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Etymology

Origin of axile

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

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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 Asa Gray

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 Maxwell T. Masters

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 Maxwell T. Masters

Excrescences from axile organs—Warts.—In a preceding paragraph the formation of gnaurs has been alluded to.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters

The placentation is constantly axile in the inferior row and parietal in the upper one.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters

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