monoxylic

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adjective

Made from a single tree trunk.

“a monoxylic canoe”

Scrabble 23

Meanings

adjectivemonoxylic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableMade from a single tree trunk.

    a monoxylic canoe

    1 more example

    a monoxylic coffin

  2. not comparablebiologyHaving a single ring of vascular bundles.

    Cycas initially has a single ring of vascular bundles (monoxylic); however, one or more concentric vascular bundle rings appear outside the primary ring of bundles in the older stems showing polyxylic condition (figure 4.21).

    2023, Dr. Romesh Singh Bhaal, Dr. Komal, Diversity of Microbes, Algae, Fungi and Archegoniates, page 216

Origin

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Chicago

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