internodal
- 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 Thomas, Jerome Beers
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 Shaw, George Russell
The internodal parts will not often divide so as to form separate individual plants; sometimes, however, this happens; it is said that the smallest piece of Torenia asiatica, for instance, will grow.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
