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Definition of Abaxial
1. Adjective. Facing away from the axis of an organ or organism. "The abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing away from the stem"
Definition of Abaxial
1. a. Away from the axis or central line; eccentric.
Definition of Abaxial
1. Adjective. (botany) On the side that is away from the axis or central line, usually on the underside. ¹
2. Adjective. (mathematics) A direction perpendicular to an axis or the coordinate that measures displacement in such a direction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abaxial
1. situated away from the axis [adj]
Medical Definition of Abaxial
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Abaxial
Literary usage of Abaxial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Circulars by Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University (1900)
"... wliicli in regard to the colony as a whole is from the abaxial to the axial
aspect. At a little later stage the mesenteries are arranged as follows ..."
2. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"Values are mean and standard error in parentheses (N = sample size). cuticular layer
covering the abaxial epidermis is thicker than that on the adaxial ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"bundles belonging to the lamina, of which the posterior one is apparently the
original abaxial bundle, while the others are derived from the two outer of ..."
4. Fossil Elephantoids from the Hominid-Bearing Awash Group, Middle Awash by Jon E. Kalb, Assefa Mebrate (1993)
"... additional abaxial ... An abaxial posterior ... two additional abaxial ..."
5. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"These accessory strands showed reversed orientation, the xylem being on the
abaxial side; and MATTE regards this as an evidence of the union of two ..."
6. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"The sporangia are borne on the abaxial surface of the sporophyll, varying in number
... The abaxial distribution of sporangia, the sori, the large output, ..."
7. The Eusporangiatae: The Comparative Morphology of the Ophioglossaceae and by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1911)
"... shows three distinct bundles, a large abaxial one and two smaller adaxial
bundles. The former remains undivided for some distance above the base of the ..."
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