adaxial

adaxial
a) On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side.

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.

b) (developmental biology) adjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord.

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  • adaxial — adaxiál adj. m., pl. adaxiáli; f. sg. adaxiálă, pl. adaxiále Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  ADAXIÁL, Ă adj. orientat spre linia axială. (< fr. adaxiale) …   Dicționar Român

  • adaxial — [ad ak′sē əl] adj. Bot. designating or on the side toward the axis or stem …   English World dictionary

  • adaxial — abaxiale (Blattunterseite, links) und adaxiale (Blattoberseite, rechts) Seite eines Blattes der Silber Pappel Als adaxial, von lat. ad = „zu“ und axis = „Achse“ wird allgemein eine Lage nahe am Körper bzw. der Körperachse bezeichnet.[1] In der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • adaxial — adjective Date: circa 1900 situated on the same side as or facing the axis (as of an organ) < the adaxial or upper surface of a leaf > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • adaxial — the paraxial mesoderm subregion developing just adjacent to the chorda mesoderm or notochord rudiment …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • adaxial — adj. [L. ad, near; axis, axle] 1. Situated on the side of, or facing toward an axis. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) Inward toward the shell axis …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • adaxial — /ad ak see euhl/, adj. Bot., Mycol. situated on the side toward the axis or stem. [1895 1900; AD + AXIAL] * * * …   Universalium

  • adaxial — Toward an axis, or on one or other side of an axis. * * * ad·ax·i·al (ad akґse əl) located alongside of, or directed toward, the axis …   Medical dictionary

  • adaxial — [ad aksɪəl] adjective Botany facing toward the stem (in particular denoting the upper surface of a leaf). The opposite of abaxial …   English new terms dictionary

  • adaxial —   Side of an organ facing toward a central axis, e.g. the upper side of a leaf or leaflet.   Cf. abaxial …   Expanded glossary of Cycad terms

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