abaxialize

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verb

To convert to abaxial form.

OriginEnglish abaxial ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin axis →
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Meanings

verbabaxialize (third-person singular simple present abaxializes, present participle abaxializing, simple past and past participle abaxialized)

present singular third person abaxializes · participle present abaxializing · participle past abaxialized · past abaxialized · alternative abaxialise

  1. biologyTo convert to abaxial form.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Italic*ap
  4. Latinab
  5. Latinab-
  6. Englishab-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱs-
  9. Proto-Italic*aksis
  10. Latinaxis
  11. Englishaxis
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Englishaxial
  15. Englishabaxial
  16. Englishabaxialize

From abaxial + -ize.

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APA

abaxialize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abaxialize

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Chicago

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