Monostele

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of protostele.

    "Again, in ectophloic medullated monosteles the presence of an internal endodermis between xylem and central parenchyma is rare ; on the other hand when an amphiphloic condition obtains, an endodermis often cuts off the internal phloem from the central parenchyma."

Example

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"Again, in ectophloic medullated monosteles the presence of an internal endodermis between xylem and central parenchyma is rare ; on the other hand when an amphiphloic condition obtains, an endodermis often cuts off the internal phloem from the central parenchyma."

Etymology

From mono- + stele.

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