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pycnoxylic

pycnoxylic adjective: compact, dense with small rays of xylem, and not having much pith or cortex.

Adjective

pycnoxylic (not comparable)

  1. Compact, dense with small rays of xylem, and not having much pith or cortex.
    • 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

pycnoxylic meaning in Tamil

pycnoxylic in Tamil

ஓரடுக்கு

Origin of pycnoxylic

From pycno- + xylic.

Questions about pycnoxylic

What does pycnoxylic mean?
Pycnoxylic means compact, dense with small rays of xylem, and not having much pith or cortex.
What is pycnoxylic in Tamil?
Pycnoxylic in Tamil is ஓரடுக்கு. See Pycnoxylic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pycnoxylic?
Pycnoxylic is an adjective.

Words near pycnoxylic in the dictionary

  1. pycnospores
  2. pycnostad
  3. pycnostyle
  4. pycnostyles
  5. pycnotic
  6. pycnoxylic
  7. Pycock
  8. pycoerythrin
  9. pycrite
  10. Pycroft
  11. pye

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