monaxial, a. Bot. and Zool.
(mɒˈnæksɪəl)
[f. mono- + L. axi-s + -al1, after axial.]
Having only one axis; developing along a single line.
| 1880 Nature XXI. 449 In many cases it [the central capsule] is monaxial, in others dipleuric. 1880 Pascoe Zool. Classif. (ed. 2) 283 Monaxial, when the axis is in one direction only. 1888 Athenæum 31 Mar. 406/2 Sponges with monaxial spicules. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 433/2 If this be the primary, or relatively primary axis [of flower] the plant is monaxial; the majority of plants are, however, pluriaxial. |