Definition of Siphonostele

1. Noun. (botany) A type of stele, in which the vascular tissue in the stem forms a cylinder surrounding a central pith and possessing leaf gaps. ¹

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Definition of Siphonostele

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Siphonostele

siphoning
siphonium
siphonlike
siphonobranchiata
siphonobranchiate
siphonoglyph
siphonoglyphe
siphonoglyphes
siphonoglyphs
siphonophora
siphonophoran
siphonophorans
siphonophore
siphonophores
siphonopoda
siphonostele (current term)
siphonosteles
siphonostomata
siphonostomatoid
siphonostomatoids
siphonostomatous
siphonostome
siphonostomes
siphons
siphonstelic
siphorhinal
siphorhinian
siphoviridae
siphuncle
siphuncled

Literary usage of Siphonostele

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... siphonostele. In all the diagrams the xylem is hatched and the phloem dotted; the narrow outer zone is the epidermis and the rone inside it, the cortex. ..."

2. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1916)
"The other forms of fern stele are the siphonostele, where a pith occupies ... The siphonostele is derived from a single procambium strand in the form of a ..."

3. The Structure and Life-history of the Hay-scented Fern by Henry Shoemaker Conard (1908)
"Transverse section of siphonostele between first and second leaves. inner ... Transverse section of siphonostele midway between third and fourth leaves. ..."

4. The Eusporangiatae: The Comparative Morphology of the Ophioglossaceae and by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1911)
"... or siphonostele, is not due to the formation of a pith within a ... and that the pith, so-called, of the siphonostele is merely a portion of the ground ..."

5. The Eusporangiatae: The Comparative Morphology of the Ophioglossaceae and by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1911)
"... or siphonostele, is not due to the formation of a pith within a ... and that the pith, so-called, of the siphonostele is merely a portion of the ground ..."

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