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adaxial

adj

Etymology

From ad- + axial.

  1. derived from *h₂eḱs-✻
  2. borrowed from axis — “axle, axis”
  3. formed as axial — “axis + -al”
  4. prefixed as adaxial — “ad + axial”

Definitions

  1. On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side.

    • […]it has been transformed, except in a few taxa where lobules are always explanate, into a galeate water-sac, which is formed wholly from the lobule, with the external surface from the adaxial leaf surface.

  2. adjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord.

    • In zebrafish, the adaxial cells are precursors to the embryonic slow muscle fibers.

The neighborhood

Derived

adaxialize, adaxially

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA