abaxial
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Latin ab (“away from”) + axis (axis).
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abaxial (not comparable)
- (botany) On the side that is away from the axis or central line, usually on the underside.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 7
- The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 7
- (mathematics) A direction perpendicular to an axis or the coordinate that measures displacement in such a direction.