siphonostele

American

[sahy-fon-uh-steel, sahy-fuh-nuh-steel] / saɪˈfɒn əˌstil, ˈsaɪ fə nəˌstil /

noun

Botany.

a hollow tube of vascular tissue enclosing a pith and embedded in ground tissue.

siphonostele British

/ ˌsaɪfənəˈstiːlɪk, ˈsaɪfənəˌstiːl /

noun

botany the cylinder of conducting tissue surrounding a central core of pith in certain stems See also stele

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Other Word Forms

siphonostelic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of siphonostele

First recorded in 1905–10; siphono- + stele

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