AXILE, or Axial, a term (＝related to the axis) used technically in science; in botany an embryo is called axile when it has the same direction as the axis of the seed.
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AXILE, or Axial, a term (＝related to the axis) used technically in science; in botany an embryo is called axile when it has the same direction as the axis of the seed.