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manoxylic

manoxylic adjective: sparse, with much pith and cortex, and having wide parenchymatous rays.

Adjective

manoxylic (not comparable)

  1. Sparse, with much pith and cortex, and having wide parenchymatous rays.
    • The significance of pycnoxylic versus manoxylic organisation of wood is still not well understood. Pycnoxylic wood is a primitive feature of progymnosperms with regard to manoxylic wood with wide and high rays.1991, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth sciences, page 122
    • Initially, the family included only one stem genus of Calamopitys but later as many as seven stem genera, namely, Calamopitys, Stenomyelon, Diichnia with manoxylic wood […]2007, C. M. Govil, Gymnosperms Extinct and Extant, page 22

manoxylic meaning in Tamil

manoxylic in Tamil

பல அடுக்கு

Origin of manoxylic

From Ancient Greek μανός (manós, “sparse”) + xylic, equivalent to mano- + xylic.

Questions about manoxylic

What does manoxylic mean?
Manoxylic means sparse, with much pith and cortex, and having wide parenchymatous rays.
What is manoxylic in Tamil?
Manoxylic in Tamil is பல அடுக்கு. See Manoxylic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is manoxylic?
Manoxylic is an adjective.

Words near manoxylic in the dictionary

  1. manouvre
  2. manovacuometer
  3. manovacuometers
  4. Manowarrior
  5. Manowarriors
  6. manoxylic
  7. Manoyan
  8. Manoyans
  9. manpack
  10. manpacked
  11. manpacks

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