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axile

[ ak-sahyl ]

adjective

, Botany.
  1. in or of an axis.


axile

/ -saɪl; ˈæksɪl /

adjective

  1. botany of, relating to, or attached to the axis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • sub·axile adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of axile1

1835–45; < Latin ax ( is ) axis 1 + -ile
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Example Sentences

Capsule 2-celled, loculicidal, with each axile placenta bearing 2–10 flattish seeds.

Capsule 3–5-celled with axile placent, loculicidal or circumscissile, many-seeded.

Frond 7–11-nerved or more; rootlets several, with axile vascular tissue.

With two or more Cells and Axile Placent, namely, with as many cells as there are carpels, that have united to compose the organ.

Axile, aks′il, adj. lying in the axis of anything, as an embryo in the axis of a seed.

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