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protostelic

protostelic adjective: of or possessing a protostele.

Adjective

protostelic (not comparable)

  1. Of or possessing a protostele.
    • Indeed, many of the coenopterids show little distinction between stem and leaf, and protostelic axes are rather common.1962, Theodore Delevoryas, Morphology and Evolution of Fossil Plants, page 79

Antonyms of protostelic

  • siphonstelic

Origin of protostelic

From protostele + -ic.

Questions about protostelic

What does protostelic mean?
Protostelic means of or possessing a protostele.
What part of speech is protostelic?
Protostelic is an adjective.

Words near protostelic in the dictionary

  1. protostates
  2. protostegid
  3. protostegids
  4. protostele
  5. protosteles
  6. protostelic
  7. protostelid
  8. protostelids
  9. protosteliid
  10. protosteliids
  11. protostellar

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