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Endarch

Endarch refers to primary xylem maturation in which the protoxylem is internal in the stem to the metaxylem (the primary xylem develops centrifugally). The protoxylem is therefore found on the inner side of the bundle (e.g. seed plant stems).

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endarch
Jan 01, 1998; endarch Applied to strands of primary xylem in which the first elements to form lie closest to the centre of the axis. Compare...
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mesarch
Jan 01, 1998; mesarch Applied to strands of xylem in which the first elements form at the centre and subsequent elements form on both the...
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exarch(2)
Jan 01, 1988; Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 ex|arch(2) (eks'rk) adj. Bot. having the primary xylem maturing from the outer part of a...
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exarch
Jan 01, 1998; exarch Applied to strands of primary xylem in which the first elements to form lie furthest from the centre of the axis. Compare...
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