monostelen.
/ˈmɒnə(ʊ)stiːl/, /ˈmɒnə(ʊ)ˌstiːli/, U.S. /ˈmɑnəˌstil/, /ˈmɑnəˌstili/ Botany. Now rare.
A single stele (vascular cylinder) in a stem or root.
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meristele1894
stele1895
protostele1901
eustele1902
monostele1902
siphonostele1902
polystele1904
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 412/2 (margin) Arrangement in strands: the central cylinder or monostele.
1902 Ann. Bot. 16 519 Eustele is therefore equivalent to Van Tieghem's ‘monostele’ in one of its applications.
1925 A. J. Eames & L. H. MacDaniels Introd. Plant Anat. v. 133 In contrast with the monostele was the ‘polystele’, a type of stele in which the vascular tissues are in the form of strands.
1947 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 232 365 Higher up, this meristele is recognizably a medullated monostele.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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