Axile
in or of an axis.
historical examples
in ericaceæ too, the axile placenta has been seen ovuliferous at the base and prolonged above into a leafy branch.
vegetable teratology maxwell t. masters
capsule 3–5-celled with axile placent, loculicidal or circ-mscissile, many-seeded.
the manual of the botany of the northern united states asa gray
in malformed flowers of digitalis the change from axile to parietal placentation may often be seen.
vegetable teratology maxwell t. masters
frond 7–11-nerved or more; rootlets several, with axile vascular tissue.
the manual of the botany of the northern united states asa gray
with two or more cells and axile placent, namely, with as many cells as there are carpels, that have united to compose the organ.
the elements of botany asa gray
axile, aks′il, adj. lying in the axis of anything, as an embryo in the axis of a seed.
chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 1 of 4: a-d) various
adjective
(botany) of, relating to, or attached to the axis
axile ax·ile (āk’sīl)
adj.
axial.
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