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Meaning of INTERNODE

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\In"ter*node`\, n. [L. internodium; inter between +
nodus knot.]
1. (Bot.) The space between two nodes or points of the stem
   from which the leaves properly arise. --H. Spenser.

2. (Anat.) A part between two joints; a segment;
   specifically, one of the phalanges.

 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: The portion of a stem between the level of insertion of two successive leaves or leaf pairs (or branches of an inflorescence).
 

 

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