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Meaning of abaxile in English:

abaxile

adjective

rare Botany

  • Of the core of an apple or other pome (when viewed in transverse section): having the seed chambers arranged asymmetrically and distant from the main axis of the fruit. Of the seed chambers of the core: having this arrangement and distant from the axis of the fruit.

Origin

Mid 19th century (in an earlier sense). From ab- + axile.

Pronunciation

abaxile

/aˈbaksʌɪl/