abaxial

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: ab=ax=i=al

CIDE DICTIONARY

abaxial, a. [L. ab + axis axle.].

 Away from the axis or central line; eccentric.  Balfour.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

abaxial, adj. Bot. facing away from the stem of a plant, esp. of the lower surface of a leaf (cf. ADAXIAL).

Etymology

AB- + AXIAL