ADJECTIVE
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facing away from the axis of an organ or organism
the abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing away from the stem
How To Use abaxial In A Sentence
- The two adaxial sepals are formed in succession, and the two abaxial petals become visible.
- The density of peltate glandular trichomes on the abaxial surface of a fully developed leaf is typically about 1600 per cm.
- Striations of thick epicuticular wax are present on both adaxial and abaxial epidermal cells.
- The outer layer of the abaxial epidermis contains sunken stomata with strongly fluorescing chloroplasts in the guard cells.
- The microsprophylls of cycads are arranged in strobili and bear clusters of microsporangia on their abaxial surface.
- 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 largest group of cells in the outer (abaxial) sepal epidermis of PLoS Biology: New Articles
- The abaxial and adaxial stomatal densities were determined from the equation.
- The staminode in other Asteridae families is on the adaxial side and a corolla lobe is the abaxial perianth organ.
- Petiole 2-6 mm, puberulent and ± setose; leaf blade papery, oblong to oblong - lanceolate, 5-11 × 1. 5-3.5 cm; base cuneate; margin ciliate; apex obtuse and mucronate; abaxial surface densely gray-white-pubescent, yellow-brown setose along midrib; adaxial surface sparsely to densely puberulent when young. Find Me A Cure