adaxial

English

Etymology

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, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →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.

Antonyms

• abaxial

Derived terms

• adaxialize
• adaxially

 

Translations

on the side that is towards the axis or central line

• Hungarian: levél színe, adaxiális
• Irish: onn-aiseach
• Polish: doosiowy
• Portuguese: adaxial

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

adaxial (strong nominative masculine singular adaxialer, not comparable)

1. adaxial

Declension

Positive forms of adaxial (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist adaxial	sie ist adaxial	es ist adaxial	sie sind adaxial
strong declension (without article)	nominative	adaxialer	adaxiale	adaxiales	adaxiale
	genitive	adaxialen	adaxialer	adaxialen	adaxialer
	dative	adaxialem	adaxialer	adaxialem	adaxialen
	accusative	adaxialen	adaxiale	adaxiales	adaxiale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der adaxiale	die adaxiale	das adaxiale	die adaxialen
	genitive	des adaxialen	der adaxialen	des adaxialen	der adaxialen
	dative	dem adaxialen	der adaxialen	dem adaxialen	den adaxialen
	accusative	den adaxialen	die adaxiale	das adaxiale	die adaxialen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein adaxialer	eine adaxiale	ein adaxiales	(keine) adaxialen
	genitive	eines adaxialen	einer adaxialen	eines adaxialen	(keiner) adaxialen
	dative	einem adaxialen	einer adaxialen	einem adaxialen	(keinen) adaxialen
	accusative	einen adaxialen	eine adaxiale	ein adaxiales	(keine) adaxialen

Portuguese

Adjective

adaxial m or f (plural adaxiais)

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

Spanish

Adjective

adaxial m or f (masculine and feminine plural adaxiales)

1. adaxial

Derived terms

• adaxialmente