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eustele

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eu⋅stele

  [yoo-steel, yoo-stee-lee]
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–noun, plural -steles. Botany.
an arrangement of the xylem and phloem in discrete strands, separated by areas of parenchymatous tissue.
Origin:
1915–20; eu- + stele
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eu·stele   (yōō'stēl, yōō-stē'lē)   
n.  The central cylinder in which the primary vascular tissue is arranged around a pith, as in most seed plants.
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