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monoxylic

monoxylic adjective: made from a single tree trunk.

Adjective

monoxylic (not comparable)

  1. Made from a single tree trunk.
    • a monoxylic canoe
    • a monoxylic coffin
  2. Having a single ring of vascular bundles.
    • Cycas initially has a single ring of vascular bundles (monoxylic); however, one or more concentric vascular bundle rings appear outside the primary ring of bundles in the older stems showing polyxylic condition (figure 4.21).2023, Dr. Romesh Singh Bhaal, Dr. Komal, Diversity of Microbes, Algae, Fungi and Archegoniates, page 216

Origin of monoxylic

From mono- + xylo- + -ic.

Questions about monoxylic

What does monoxylic mean?
Monoxylic means made from a single tree trunk.
What part of speech is monoxylic?
Monoxylic is an adjective.

Words near monoxylic in the dictionary

  1. monoximes
  2. monoxygenase
  3. monoxygenases
  4. monoxyle
  5. monoxyles
  6. monoxylic
  7. monoxylon
  8. monoxylons
  9. monoxylous
  10. monozinc
  11. monozoic

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