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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abaxial \Ab*ax"i*al\ ([a^]b*[a^]ks"[i^]*al), Abaxile \Ab*ax"ile\
([a^]b*[a^]ks"[i^]l),a. [L. ab + axis axle.] (Bot.)
Away from the axis or central line eccentric. --Balfour.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
abaxial
adj 1: situated away from the axis of any body or part [syn: {abaxile}]
2: (biology) 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" [syn: {dorsal}] [ant: {adaxial}]
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