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noun An upright stone or slab with an inscribed or sculptured surface, used as a monument or as a commemorative tablet in the face of a building.
noun The central core of tissue in the stem or root of a vascular plant, consisting of the xylem and phloem together with supporting tissues.

Behind rose the Deirombona stele, a prism of black metal emblazoned with emblems. — Languages of Pao The
These lads are wild to place their emblems on the stele--they'll do anything to create a legend Beran went to the window. — Languages of Pao The
"This stele was set up," he continues, in the most ancient and most sacred precinct[150] of Dionysus, so that but few should see what had been written; for the precinct is opened only once every year, on the 12th of the month Anthesterio Footnote 149: Near. — The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1
This stele was also beside the altar. — The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1
The many fragments of steles which have come from here already, and which I have found, appear to show a custom of placing one stele--with the usual adoration of the sun by the king and queen--in each of the great halls of the palace and temple These steles are in hard limestone, alabaster, red granite, and black granite. — The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1