polyxylic

English

Adjective

polyxylic (not comparable)

1. (botany) Having multiple rings of vascular bundles.

   Coordinate term: monoxylic

   • 2001, David Pearson, New Organic Architecture: The Breaking Wave, page 237:

     The occurrence of polyxylic steles has been reported in Cycas, Encephalartos, Lepidozamia, and Macrozamia […] but is not always present in every species of these genera.

   • 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).