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polyxylic

polyxylic adjective: having multiple rings of vascular bundles.

Adjective

polyxylic (not comparable)

  1. Having multiple rings of vascular bundles.
    • The occurrence of polyxylic steles has been reported in Cycas, Encephalartos, Lepidozamia, and Macrozamia […] but is not always present in every species of these genera.2001, David Pearson, New Organic Architecture: The Breaking Wave, page 237
    • 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

Questions about polyxylic

What does polyxylic mean?
Polyxylic means having multiple rings of vascular bundles.
What part of speech is polyxylic?
Polyxylic is an adjective.

Words near polyxylic in the dictionary

  1. polyworking
  2. polyworks
  3. polywrap
  4. Polyxenus
  5. polyxeny
  6. polyxylic
  7. polyyne
  8. polyynes
  9. polyynic
  10. polyynyl
  11. polyzeta

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