adaxial
English
Etymology
ad- + axial
Adjective
adaxial (not comparable)
- (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.
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- (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
Translations
on the side that is towards the axis or central line
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Pronunciation
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Adjective
adaxial (strong nominative masculine singular adaxialer, not comparable)
- adaxial
Declension
Positive forms of adaxial (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
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)
- (botany) adaxial (on the side that is towards the axis or central line)
Spanish
Adjective
adaxial (plural adaxiales)
- adaxial
Derived terms
- adaxialmente