ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Monoxylic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Monoxylic is an adjective meaning Made from a single tree trunk.

Meaning

Made from a single tree trunk.

More Meanings

  1. (botany) Having a single ring of vascular bundles.

Example Sentences

a monoxylic canoe
a monoxylic coffin
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).

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include monoxylous, monobranched, monopodial, monofloral, monopyrenous, monostylous.

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