eustele

[ yoo-steel, yoo-stee-lee ]

/ ˈyu stil, yuˈsti li /

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noun, plural eu·steles.Botany.

an arrangement of the xylem and phloem in discrete strands, separated by areas of parenchymatous tissue.

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Origin of eustele

First recorded in 1915–20; eu- + stele