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apotracheal

adjective
ap·o·tra·che·al | \ ¦apə¦- \

Definition of apotracheal 

: not associated or contiguous with vessels or vascular tracheids apotracheal parenchyma — compare metatracheal, paratracheal , vasicentric

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History and Etymology for apotracheal

apo- + tracheal

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