axile

American  

[ak-sahyl] / ˈæk saɪl /

adjective

Botany.

1. in or of an axis.

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axile British  

/ -saɪl, ˈæksɪl /

adjective

1. botany of, relating to, or attached to the axis

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Other Word Forms

• subaxile adjective

Etymology

Origin of axile

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

Example Sentences

Abortion of axile organs.—When the main stem is arrested in its growth, the habit and general appearance of the plant are materially altered, as in the so-called stemless plants, plantæ acaules.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

The disjunction or dialysis of the carpels, for instance, frequently renders axile placentation marginal.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

Embryo straight and axile, with foliaceous cotyledons.—Annuals or perennials, with radical or alternate or whorled entire leaves, without stipules.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Change in the direction of axile organs, roots, stems, &c.—The roots frequently exhibit good illustrations of the effect of the causes above mentioned in altering the natural direction.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

Section of seed of Violet; anatropous with straight axile embryo in the albumen.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa