Associations to the word «Stele»

Wiktionary

STELE, noun. Obsolete form of stale.
STELE, noun. (archaeology) An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions; a stela.
STELE, noun. (archaeology) (uncommon) Any carved or engraved surface.
STELE, noun. (architecture) (archaeology) (obsolete) An acroterion, the decoration on the ridge of an ancient Greek building such as a temple.
STELE, noun. (botany) The central core of a plant's root and stem system, especially including the vascular tissue and developed from the plerome.
STÉLÉ, noun. Obsolete form of stele.
STELÈ, noun. Obsolete form of stele.

Dictionary definition

STELE, noun. The usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant.
STELE, noun. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.

Wise words

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