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"etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “upright rock; pillar; column”), plural form στῆλαι (stêlai). Doublet of stela.",
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"ref": "1820, T. S. Hughes, Trav. Sicily, I x 303",
"text": "A superior class of members...had their names inscribed upon a marble stélé or column.",
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"ref": "1825, T. D. Fosbroke, Encycl. Antiq., I v 70",
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"ref": "1847, C. O. Müller, translated by J. Leitch, Anc. Art, §224 193",
"text": "In Egypt [obelisks] belonged to the class of steles (commemorative pillars).",
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"ref": "1884, A. Lang, Custom & Myth, section 285",
"text": "The Australian stele, or grave-pillar.",
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"ref": "1877, A. B. Edwards, Thousand Miles up Nile, VI 143",
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"roman": "lawḥa tiḏkāriyya",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "لَوْحَة تِذْكَارِيَّة"
},
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"roman": "stela",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "ստելա"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "estela"
},
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"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "stela",
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"feminine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
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"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
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"masculine"
],
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},
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kyaukca",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "ကျောက်စာ"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sek⁶ bei¹",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "石碑"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "bei¹",
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"word": "碑"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"roman": "bĭ",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "碑"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "hak",
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"roman": "sa̍k-pî",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "石碑"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
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],
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},
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},
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
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"roman": "shíbēi",
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"word": "石碑"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
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"word": "碑"
},
{
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"word": "碑"
},
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
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"feminine"
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "egy",
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"roman": "ꜥḥꜥ",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "aHa-Z1:O39"
},
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "steleo"
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{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "steel"
},
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "steele"
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stèle"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sṭela",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "სტელა"
},
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "stíli",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "astela",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אַסְטֶלָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "sztélé"
},
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "io",
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "steleo"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "prasasti"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "liagán greanta"
},
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stele"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"alt": "せきひ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sekihi",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "石碑"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"alt": "いしぶみ",
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"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "碑"
},
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"code": "jv",
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "prasasti"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seokbi",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "석비"
},
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "stela"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "lv",
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
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"feminine"
],
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},
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "lt",
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "śilāphalakaṁ",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "ശിലാഫലകം"
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "min",
"lang": "Minangkabau",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "batu basurek"
},
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"lang": "Minangkabau",
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"word": "prasasti"
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{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
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"masculine"
],
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},
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "stele"
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sang yâdbud",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "سنگ یادبود"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stela"
},
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "estela"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
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"feminine"
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"word": "stelă"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "stɛ́la",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сте́ла"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "сте̏ла"
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"tags": [
"Roman",
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"word": "stȅla"
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
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"feminine"
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"word": "stéla"
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "stela"
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "dsb",
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
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"feminine"
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "hsb",
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
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{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "prasasti"
},
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "ciṟpattūṇ",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "சிற்பத்தூண்"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sṭīlē",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "స్టీలే"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sì-laa jaa-réuk",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "ศิลาจารึก"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "stel"
},
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"_dis1": "27 46 27",
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "stela"
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{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "skn",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "𐎒𐎋𐎐"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stéla",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "сте́ла"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "bia"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 46 27",
"code": "war",
"lang": "Waray-Waray",
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{
"ref": "c. 1840, Hosking, \"Architecture\" in Encyclopædia Britannica, III 470",
"text": "Stele. The ornaments on the ridge of a Greek temple, answering to the antefixæ on the summit of the flank entablatures, are thus designated."
}
],
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"An acroterion, the decoration on the ridge of an ancient Greek building such as a temple."
],
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[
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[
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[
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"(architecture, archaeology, obsolete) An acroterion, the decoration on the ridge of an ancient Greek building such as a temple."
],
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"obsolete"
],
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"archaeology",
"architecture",
"history",
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"sciences"
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],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈstiːli/",
"tags": [
"modern"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/stiːl/",
"tags": [
"modern"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːli"
},
{
"homophone": "steelie"
},
{
"homophone": "steely"
},
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"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "prasasti"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "stele"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "ciṟpattūṇ",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "சிற்பத்தூண்"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sṭīlē",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "స్టీలే"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sì-laa jaa-réuk",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "ศิลาจารึก"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "stel"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "stela"
},
{
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "skn",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "𐎒𐎋𐎐"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stéla",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сте́ла"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "bia"
},
{
"code": "war",
"lang": "Waray-Waray",
"sense": "(archaeology) tall, slender stone monument",
"word": "estela"
}
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"stele"
],
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}
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"word": "actinostele"
},
{
"word": "atactostele"
},
{
"word": "dictyostele"
},
{
"word": "eustele"
},
{
"word": "haplostele"
},
{
"word": "plectostele"
},
{
"word": "protostele"
},
{
"word": "siphonostele"
},
{
"word": "solenostele"
}
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "στήλη",
"4": "",
"5": "upright rock; pillar; column"
},
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"en:Botany"
],
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{
"ref": "1895, Sydney Howard Vines, A Students' Text-book of Botany, section 179",
"text": "The stele may have—in different structures—one to many protoxylem (primitive wood) groups, and is accordingly described as monarch...diarch...triarch...tetrarch...polyarch.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1898, Eduard Strasburger et al., translated by Hobart Charles Porter, A Text-book of Botany, section 109",
"text": "The so-called central cylinder, for which Van Tieghem has proposed the name stele (column).",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"The central core of a plant's root and stem system, especially including the vascular tissue and developed from the plerome."
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[
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[
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[
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[
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"including"
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[
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[
"developed",
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[
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"(botany) The central core of a plant's root and stem system, especially including the vascular tissue and developed from the plerome."
],
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"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(botany) central core of the root and shoot system",
"word": "varsi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(botany) central core of the root and shoot system",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stela"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(botany) central core of the root and shoot system",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estela"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(botany) central core of the root and shoot system",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stel"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(botany) central core of the root and shoot system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cilindru central"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stelʹ",
"sense": "(botany) central core of the root and shoot system",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "стель"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"stele"
],
"word": "stele"
}
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