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monaxial

[mon-ak-see-uhl]

adjective Botany.

uniaxial.

having flowers that grow on the primary axis.

Origin:
1875–80; mon- + axial

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monaxial (mɒˈnæksɪəl)

—*adj*
	another word for uniaxial

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