Adaxial
Origin
Latin ad ("towards"); axis axis
Full definition of adaxial
Adjective
adaxial
- (botany) On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side.
- Schuster Hepaticae V|4...it has been transformed, except in a few taxa where lobules are always explanate, into a galeate water-sac, which is formed wholly from the lobule, with the external surface from the adaxial leaf surface.
- (developmental biology) adjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord.In zebrafish, the adaxial cells are precursors to the embryonic slow muscle fibers.