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English Dictionary: abaxial by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abaxial
adj
  1. facing away from the axis of an organ or organism; "the abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing away from the stem"
    Synonym(s): abaxial, dorsal
    Antonym(s): adaxial, ventral
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Abaxial \Ab*ax"i*al\ ([acr]b*[acr]ks"[icr]*[ait]l), Abaxile
   \Ab*ax"ile\ ([acr]b*[acr]ks"[icr]l),a. [L. ab + axis axle.]
      (Bot.)
      Away from the axis or central line; eccentric. --Balfour.
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