abaxial

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Etymology[edit]

ab- (“away from”) +‎ axial (“axis”).

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abaxial (not comparable)

  1. (botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf; or the back of an animal. [Mid 19th century.][3]
    • 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.

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  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 2
  2. ^ “abaxial” in William Morris, editor, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1971 [1969], OCLC 299754516, page 2.
  3. ^ “abaxial” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-860457-0, page 2.

German[edit]

Adjective[edit]

abaxial (not comparable)

  1. abaxial

Declension[edit]

Declension of abaxial
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist abaxial sie ist abaxial es ist abaxial sie sind abaxial
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative abaxialer abaxiale abaxiales abaxiale
genitive abaxialen abaxialer abaxialen abaxialer
dative abaxialem abaxialer abaxialem abaxialen
accusative abaxialen abaxiale abaxiales abaxiale
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der abaxiale die abaxiale das abaxiale die abaxialen
genitive des abaxialen der abaxialen des abaxialen der abaxialen
dative dem abaxialen der abaxialen dem abaxialen den abaxialen
accusative den abaxialen die abaxiale das abaxiale die abaxialen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein abaxialer eine abaxiale ein abaxiales (keine) abaxialen
genitive eines abaxialen einer abaxialen eines abaxialen (keiner) abaxialen
dative einem abaxialen einer abaxialen einem abaxialen (keinen) abaxialen
accusative einen abaxialen eine abaxiale ein abaxiales (keine) abaxialen

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Etymology[edit]

From ab- +‎ axial.

Adjective[edit]

abaxial m, f (plural abaxiais, comparable)

  1. (botany, zoology) abaxial (away from the axis)
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