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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stele that forms a solid core of xylem encased by phloem.
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- noun botany A type of
stele , in which thevascular tissue in thestem forms a solidcore , with no centralpith orleaf gaps .
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