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siphonostele

[sī′fän·ə‚stēl]
(botany)
A type of stele consisting of pith surrounded by xylem and phloem.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Siphonostele

 

in fern stems, a type of central cylinder in which the conducting tissues (xylem and phloem) surround the pith parenchyma. [23–1436–]

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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