Pycnoxylic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Pycnoxylic is an adjective meaning (botany, of wood) Compact, dense with small rays of xylem, and not having much pith or cortex.
Meaning
(botany, of wood) Compact, dense with small rays of xylem, and not having much pith or cortex.
Example Sentences
The significance of pycnoxylic versus manoxylic organisation of wood is still not well understood. Pycnoxylic wood is a primitive feature of progymnosperms with regard to manoxylic wood with wide and high rays.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pycnosis, pycnotic, pyroxylin, pycnometer, pyknosis, pyrenoid.
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