internode
noun
a part or space between two nodes, knots, or joints, as the portion of a plant stem between two nodes.
internodal
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a word derived from
internode.
Example Sentences
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Rice can survive flooding by fast internodal growth—basically a quick growth spurt that raises its leaves above water.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 12, 2018
This impulse spreads from its initiation in the SA node throughout the atria through specialized internodal pathways, to the atrial myocardial contractile cells and the atrioventricular node.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
One tree, as a rule, yields enough sap to fill three internodal segments of bamboo, each 50 cm. long by 3–5 cm. in diameter.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
Leaves and staminate flowers in internodal position, the primary leaves along the whole length of the internode, subtending secondary leaf-fascicles on the apical, staminate flowers on the basal part.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
An interesting case in this connection is afforded by the internodal cells of the Characeae, which possess only vegetative functions.
From Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward
