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stele
noun
- an upright stone slab or pillar engraved with an inscription or design and used as a monument, grave marker, etc.
- Archit. a prepared surface, as on a facade, having an inscription, carved design, etc.
- Bot. a central cylinder of vascular tissues in the stems and roots of plants
See stele in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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