Meanings
adjectiveadaxial (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyOn 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.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4 - not comparabledevelopmental biologyadjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord.
In zebrafish, the adaxial cells are precursors to the embryonic slow muscle fibers.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Englishad-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱs-
- Proto-Italic*aksis
- Latinaxis
- Englishaxis
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishaxial
- Englishadaxial
Translations
Hungarian levél színe, adaxiális
- levél színeon the side that is towards the axis or central line
- adaxiálison the side that is towards the axis or central line
Irish onn-aiseach
- onn-aiseachon the side that is towards the axis or central line
Norwegian Bokmål adaksial
- adaksialon the side that is towards the axis or central line
Polish doosiowy
- doosiowyon the side that is towards the axis or central line
Portuguese adaxial
- adaxialon the side that is towards the axis or central line
Cite this entry
APA
adaxial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adaxial
MLA
“adaxial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adaxial. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adaxial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adaxial.
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