Definition of abaxial in English:
abaxial
adjective abˈaksɪəlæˈbæksiəl
Botany Facing away from the stem of a plant (in particular denoting the lower surface of a leaf).
The opposite of adaxial
Example sentencesExamples
- Major differences in fluorescence responses were detected between adaxial and abaxial tissues of sun leaves.
- A new leaf forms on the adaxial side of a pre-existing leaf and also on the abaxial side of a leaf on flowering shoots.
- The two adaxial sepals are formed in succession, and the two abaxial petals become visible.
- The environments of the adaxial and abaxial leaf surface differ in many ways.
- The locations of each cell type on the abaxial or adaxial leaf epidermis are shown in Fig.1.
- Juvenile leaves do not have abaxial trichomes whereas adult leaves do.
- This method resulted in transparent replicas of the adaxial and abaxial leaf surface.
- Adaxial and abaxial leaflet surfaces were observed using scanning electron microscopy.
- The abaxial surface of the leaf was painted with nail varnish to obtain a transparent surface mould.
- An undulating, thick cuticle covers a primary wall of the surface of abaxial epidermal cells.
Definition of abaxial in US English:
abaxial
adjectiveaˈbaksēəlæˈbæksiəl
Botany Facing away from the stem of a plant (in particular denoting the lower surface of a leaf).
The opposite of adaxial
Example sentencesExamples
- The two adaxial sepals are formed in succession, and the two abaxial petals become visible.
- The environments of the adaxial and abaxial leaf surface differ in many ways.
- Adaxial and abaxial leaflet surfaces were observed using scanning electron microscopy.
- An undulating, thick cuticle covers a primary wall of the surface of abaxial epidermal cells.
- The abaxial surface of the leaf was painted with nail varnish to obtain a transparent surface mould.
- A new leaf forms on the adaxial side of a pre-existing leaf and also on the abaxial side of a leaf on flowering shoots.
- Major differences in fluorescence responses were detected between adaxial and abaxial tissues of sun leaves.
- This method resulted in transparent replicas of the adaxial and abaxial leaf surface.
- The locations of each cell type on the abaxial or adaxial leaf epidermis are shown in Fig.1.
- Juvenile leaves do not have abaxial trichomes whereas adult leaves do.