abaxial

English

ab- (“away from”) +‎ axial (“axis”).

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæˈbæk.si.əl/^[1] or IPA^(key): /æbˈæk.si.əl/^[2]
Hyphenation US: ab‧ax‧i‧al, UK: ab‧ax‧ial

abaxial (not comparable)

(botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf; or the back of an animal. [Mid 19^th century.]^[3]
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 7
  The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.

botany, zoology: of a side away from central line

↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 2
↑ “abaxial” in William Morris, editor, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1971 [1969], OCLC 299754516, page 2.
↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 2

abaxial (not comparable)

Declension of abaxial

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist abaxial	sie ist abaxial	es ist abaxial	sie sind abaxial
strong declension (without article)	nominative	abaxialer	abaxiale	abaxiales	abaxiale
	genitive	abaxialen	abaxialer	abaxialen	abaxialer
	dative	abaxialem	abaxialer	abaxialem	abaxialen
	accusative	abaxialen	abaxiale	abaxiales	abaxiale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der abaxiale	die abaxiale	das abaxiale	die abaxialen
	genitive	des abaxialen	der abaxialen	des abaxialen	der abaxialen
	dative	dem abaxialen	der abaxialen	dem abaxialen	den abaxialen
	accusative	den abaxialen	die abaxiale	das abaxiale	die abaxialen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein abaxialer	eine abaxiale	ein abaxiales	(keine) abaxialen
	genitive	eines abaxialen	einer abaxialen	eines abaxialen	(keiner) abaxialen
	dative	einem abaxialen	einer abaxialen	einem abaxialen	(keinen) abaxialen
	accusative	einen abaxialen	eine abaxiale	ein abaxiales	(keine) abaxialen

From ab- +‎ axial.

abaxial m, f (plural abaxiais, comparable)

abaxial (plural abaxiales)

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