abaxial

• abaxile

From ab- (“away from”) +‎ axial (“axis”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæˈbæk.si.əl/^[1] or IPA^(key): /æbˈæk.si.əl/^[2]

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• Hyphenation US: ab‧ax‧i‧al, UK: ab‧ax‧ial

abaxial (not comparable)

1. (botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf, or the back of an animal. [Mid 19^th century.]^[3]
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 7:

     The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.

2. (botany) Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed.^[4]

• (on the back of an animal): dorsal
• eccentric

• adaxial

From ab- +‎ axial.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βək.siˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bək.siˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.bak.siˈal]

abaxial m or f (masculine and feminine plural abaxials)

1. abaxial

• “abaxial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “abaxial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

From ab- +‎ axial.

• IPA^(key): /a.bak.sjal/

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abaxial (plural abaxiaux)

1. abaxial

From ab- +‎ axial.

• IPA^(key): /abakˈsjal/ [aβ̞.ɑkˈs̺jɑɫ]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: ab‧ax‧ial

abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais)

1. abaxial (that is not on the optical axis)
2. (medicine) abaxial (which is outside the line considered the axis of an organ)

From Latin ab- +‎ axial.

• IPA^(key): /apʔaˈksi̯aːl/

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abaxial (strong nominative masculine singular abaxialer, not comparable)

1. abaxial

From ab- +‎ axial.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧xi‧al

abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais)

1. (botany, zoology) abaxial (away from the axis)

Borrowed from French abaxial.

• IPA^(key): /abaksiˈal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧xi‧ál

abaxial m or n (feminine singular abaxială, masculine plural abaxiali, feminine and neuter plural abaxiale)

1. abaxial

From ab- +‎ axial.

• IPA^(key): /abaɡˈsjal/ [a.β̞aɣ̞ˈsjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧xial

abaxial m or f (masculine and feminine plural abaxiales)

1. abaxial