adaxial

English

Etymology

ad- +‎ axial

Adjective

adaxial (not comparable)

  1. (botany) On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 4:
      […] it has been transformed, except in a few taxa where lobules are always explanate, into a galeate water-sac, which is formed wholly from the lobule, with the external surface from the adaxial leaf surface.
  2. (developmental biology) adjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord.
    In zebrafish, the adaxial cells are precursors to the embryonic slow muscle fibers.

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German

Adjective

adaxial (not comparable)

  1. adaxial

Declension
Declension of adaxial
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist adaxial sie ist adaxial es ist adaxial sie sind adaxial
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative adaxialer adaxiale adaxiales adaxiale
genitive adaxialen adaxialer adaxialen adaxialer
dative adaxialem adaxialer adaxialem adaxialen
accusative adaxialen adaxiale adaxiales adaxiale
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der adaxiale die adaxiale das adaxiale die adaxialen
genitive des adaxialen der adaxialen des adaxialen der adaxialen
dative dem adaxialen der adaxialen dem adaxialen den adaxialen
accusative den adaxialen die adaxiale das adaxiale die adaxialen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein adaxialer eine adaxiale ein adaxiales (keine) adaxialen
genitive eines adaxialen einer adaxialen eines adaxialen (keiner) adaxialen
dative einem adaxialen einer adaxialen einem adaxialen (keinen) adaxialen
accusative einen adaxialen eine adaxiale ein adaxiales (keine) adaxialen

Portuguese

Adjective

adaxial m or f (plural adaxiais, comparable)

  1. (botany) adaxial (on the side that is towards the axis or central line)

Spanish

Adjective

adaxial (plural adaxiales)

  1. adaxial
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