abaxile
adj. C2 Proficiency abax·ile
adj. describing a plant part that is not on the side of the stem. It is a technical word used by scientists to talk about how plants grow.
adj. situated away from the outer side of a plant stem or leaf. Often used in botanical contexts to describe vascular tissues or growth patterns.
The abaxile cells are located on the bottom of the leaf.
Botanists observed that the abaxile vascular bundles were positioned deeper within the stem than the adaxile ones.
The abaxile surface of the leaf is typically covered with a waxy cuticle that helps the plant retain moisture during periods of high transpiration.