释义 |
monaxial, a. Bot. and Zool.|mɒˈnæksɪəl| [f. mono- + L. axi-s + -al1, after axial.] Having only one axis; developing along a single line.
1880Nature XXI. 449 In many cases it [the central capsule] is monaxial, in others dipleuric. 1880Pascoe Zool. Classif. (ed. 2) 283 Monaxial, when the axis is in one direction only. 1888Athenæum 31 Mar. 406/2 Sponges with monaxial spicules. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXV. 433/2 If this be the primary, or relatively primary axis [of flower] the plant is monaxial; the majority of plants are, however, pluriaxial. |