Monostele
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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."
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More examples"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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