axile

[ ak-sahyl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Botany.

axile

/ -saɪl; ˈæksɪl /

Origin of axile¹

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

Capsule 2-celled, loculicidal, with each axile placenta bearing 2–10 flattish seeds.

Capsule 3–5-celled with axile placent, loculicidal or circumscissile, many-seeded.

Frond 7–11-nerved or more; rootlets several, with axile vascular tissue.

With two or more Cells and Axile Placent, namely, with as many cells as there are carpels, that have united to compose the organ.

Axile, aks′il, adj. lying in the axis of anything, as an embryo in the axis of a seed.

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