Definition of "adaxial" []

• Located on the side nearest to the axis of an organ or organism. (adjective)
• Of or relating to the side or surface facing or nearest to the axis of an organ, such as the upper surface of a leaf; ventral. (adjective)

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• "Inferred ancestral features include more than two whorls (or series) of tepals and stamens, stamens with protruding adaxial or lateral pollen sacs, several free, ascidiate carpels closed by secretion, extended stigma, extragynoecial compitum, and one or several ventral pendent ovule (s)."
• "Intact adaxial sheath epidermal cells were imaged with an Olympus FV1000 confocal microscope equipped with a 60×oil immersion lens"
• "Petiole 2-6 mm, puberulent and ± setose; leaf blade papery, oblong to oblong - lanceolate, 5-11 × 1. 5-3.5 cm; base cuneate; margin ciliate; apex obtuse and mucronate; abaxial surface densely gray-white-pubescent, yellow-brown setose along midrib; adaxial surface sparsely to densely puberulent when young."