ste·le
ste·le/stēl,ˈstēlē/
noun
- the central core of the stem and root of a vascular plant, consisting of the vascular tissue (xylem and phloem) and associated supporting tissue.
- another term for stela.
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A stele, or occasionally stela when derived from Latin, is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a monument. The surface of the stele often has text, ornamentation, or both. These may be... Wikipedia
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
Stela, standing stone slab used in the ancient world primarily as a grave marker but also for dedication, commemoration, and demarcation.
The meaning of STELE is the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant.
In a vascular plant, the stele is the central part of the root or stem containing the tissues derived from the procambium. These include vascular tissue, ...
(architecture, archaeology, obsolete) An acroterion, the decoration on the ridge of an ancient Greek building such as a temple. quotations ▽.
An ancient, upright stone monument is called a stele. Many stelae were carved with inscriptions and used as grave markers.
Buddhist steles - upright stone tablets carved with Buddhist images and symbols - flourished only for a short period during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
The stele was erected at in the late 5th or early 4th century BCE in memory of Hegeso, the daughter of Proxenos (both names are inscribed on the stele). The two ...
a vertical piece of stone with writing cut into it, often used in the past as a gravestone (= a stone that shows where a dead person is buried):.