adaxial

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Definition of adaxial

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)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.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)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. (not-comparable)adjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord.
    “In zebrafish, the adaxial cells are precursors to the embryonic slow muscle fibers.”

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Etymology

From ad- + axial.

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