stele Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant
  2. noun an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings
    stela.

WordNet

Ste"le noun
Etymology
NL.
Definitions
  1. Same as Stela.
    One of these steles, containing the Greek version of the ordinance, has recently been discovered. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
Stele noun
Etymology
See Stale a handle.
Definitions
  1. A stale, or handle; a stalk. Obs. Chaucer. Holland.

Webster 1913