adaxial

English

Etymology

From ad- +‎ axial.

Adjective

adaxial (not comparable)

  1. (botany) On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:
      [] it has been transformed, except in a few taxa where lobules are always explanate, into a galeate water-sac, which is formed wholly from the lobule, with the external surface from the adaxial leaf surface.
  2. (developmental biology) adjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord.
    In zebrafish, the adaxial cells are precursors to the embryonic slow muscle fibers.

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Adjective

adaxial (strong nominative masculine singular adaxialer, not comparable)

  1. adaxial

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.dak.siˈaw/ [a.dak.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /a.dakˈsjaw/ [a.dakˈsjaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dɐˈksjal/ [ɐ.ðɐˈksjaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dɐˈksja.li/ [ɐ.ðɐˈksja.li]

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: a‧da‧xi‧al

Adjective

adaxial m or f (plural adaxiais)

  1. (botany) adaxial (on the side that is towards the axis or central line)
    Antonym: abaxial

Spanish

Adjective

adaxial m or f (masculine and feminine plural adaxiales)

  1. adaxial

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