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stele
  1. (archaeology) An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions; a stela.
  2. (archaeology, uncommon) Any carved or engraved surface.
  3. (architecture, archaeology, obsolete) An acroterion, the decoration on the ridge of an ancient Greek building such as a temple.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “A unique stone stele was found in one of the mounds, similar in form and decoration to the picture-stones of Gotland.”
      “The pericycle and endodermis were both present, each as a single sheath of cells located between the cortex and stele.”
      “All roots possessed a central stele of vascular tissues, surrounded by a few layers of cortical cells, and an outer layer of epidermis.”
stele
  1. (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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  3. Examples:
    1. “A unique stone stele was found in one of the mounds, similar in form and decoration to the picture-stones of Gotland.”
      “The pericycle and endodermis were both present, each as a single sheath of cells located between the cortex and stele.”
      “All roots possessed a central stele of vascular tissues, surrounded by a few layers of cortical cells, and an outer layer of epidermis.”
stela
  1. (archaeology) an obelisk or upright stone pillar, usually as a primitive commemoration or gravestone
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    1. “The archaeologists discovered a stela, adorned with intricate carvings and hieroglyphs, which served as a primitive gravestone for an ancient king.”
      “The stone is in the centre of this section of the exhibition and, appropriately, the broken edges of the black stela glitter starrily.”
      “Several enormous slabs were uncovered, two of which were a kind of altar, while the third was set upright as a stela.”
stele
  1. Obsolete form of stale.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A unique stone stele was found in one of the mounds, similar in form and decoration to the picture-stones of Gotland.”
      “The pericycle and endodermis were both present, each as a single sheath of cells located between the cortex and stele.”
      “All roots possessed a central stele of vascular tissues, surrounded by a few layers of cortical cells, and an outer layer of epidermis.”
steles
  1. (archaeology) plural of stele
  2. (archaeology) plural of stela
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  4. Examples:
    1. “A few years ago one of the Taewongun's steles could still be seen on the grounds of the recently restored Kyongbok Palace in Seoul.”
      “Go on discovering the architectural patrimony of Arlon thanks to the 25 steles summing up the history of this town.”
      “Appropriate to the original positions, grave steles sprinkled on the soil ground and ash pots are presented in the hall.”
stelae
  1. (archaeology) plural of stela
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    1. “Many of these Han burials were readily identifiable by inscribed stone stelae, tablets recording the name, titles, and dates of the deceased.”
      “The sites are fascinating for their pyramids, sculpture, frescoes and stelae.”
      “Scribes carved hieroglyphs on stone stelae, altars, wooden lintels, and roof beams, or painted them on ceramic vessels and in books made of bark paper.”
stelas
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