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English
Etymology
From mono- + xylo- + -ic.
Adjective
monoxylic (not comparable)
- Made from a single tree trunk.
a monoxylic canoe
a monoxylic coffin
- (botany) Having a single ring of vascular bundles.
- Coordinate term: polyxylic
2023, Dr. Romesh Singh Bhaal, Dr. Komal, Diversity of Microbes, Algae, Fungi and Archegoniates, page 216:Cycas initially has a single ring of vascular bundles (monoxylic); however, one or more concentric vascular bundle rings appear outside the primary ring of bundles in the older stems showing polyxylic condition (figure 4.21).