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kex

kex

9.9
A dry hollow stem left after a plant dies
  • noun
  • /kɛks/
  • Archaic
: tallo seco
  • While walking through the dried meadow, she spotted the tall kex swaying gently in the breeze.

Examples

  • As autumn arrived, the plants shed their leaves, leaving behind only the hollow kex of last year's growth.

  • The vesicles move anterogradely with an average speed V and can dock or go through exocytosis at a constant rate kex.

    Academic text (2016)

  • For the MAP2 knockdown condition, we scaled the value of vesicles leaving cell body N0 for the same factor as observed in experiments (Figure 3F) and kept the values of kex and offset the same.

    Academic text (2016)

  • The gardener noticed a cluster of kex left standing in the field after the harvest.

Synonyms

stem
vskex
69 1.6

A long thin part that supports a plant or a pipe

denotes the dry hollow remnant left after plant death
stalk
vskex
39 1.8

The long thin main stem that supports a plant's flower or leaf

refers to the dry hollow remnant after the plant has died

Surface Forms

kex singular
kexes plural

Etymology

Kex comes from an old northern English word meaning 'dry stalk'. It names a thin, hollow plant stem left after the plant dies, which is why people used kex to help start a fire.