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monostele

monostele noun: synonym of protostele.

Noun

monostele (plural monosteles)

  1. Synonym of protostele.
    • Again, in ectophloic medullated monosteles the presence of an internal endodermis between xylem and central parenchyma is rare ; on the other hand when an amphiphloic condition obtains, an endodermis often cuts off the internal phloem from the central parenchyma.1906, Sir Arthur George Tansley, The New Phytologist, page 66
    • This is most readily done by reference to the sporeling: for there the axis is found to be traversed by a coherent monostele: and it is to the disintegration of this, together with the formation of commissural connections, that the complex structure of the adult is due.1926, F.O. Bower, The ferns (filicales), page 102
    Synonyms:
    protostele

Examples of monostele in a sentence

  • This condition be conceived to be derived by repeated division of the monostele.1949, University of Toronto Studies: Biological series - Issues 1-10, page 103:
  • 'Monosteles' comprising a ring of alternating xylem and phloem elements surrounding parenchymatous pith; 'monosteles' occurring in most genera...2014, William Louis Stern, Mary Gregory, David F. Cutler, Anatomy of the Monocotyledons Volume X: Orchidaceae, →ISBN:

Synonyms of monostele

Forms of monostele

pluralmonosteles

Origin of monostele

From mono- + stele.

Questions about monostele

What does monostele mean?
Monostele means synonym of protostele.
How do you use monostele in a sentence?
This condition be conceived to be derived by repeated division of the monostele.
What part of speech is monostele?
Monostele is a noun.
What is the plural of monostele?
The plural of monostele is monosteles.

Words near monostele in the dictionary

  1. monostatic
  2. monostearate
  3. monostearates
  4. monostearin
  5. monostearins
  6. monostele
  7. monosteles
  8. monostelic
  9. monostelous
  10. monostely
  11. monostic

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