monoxylic

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ xylo- +‎ -ic.

Adjective

monoxylic (not comparable)

1. Made from a single tree trunk.

   a monoxylic canoe

   a monoxylic coffin

2. (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).