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abaxial |
2 definitions found 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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