stele

An upright stone or slab with an inscribed or sculptured surface, used as a monument or as a commemorative tablet in the face of a building.

The primary vascular tissue in the stem or root of a vascular plant, consisting of the xylem and phloem together with supporting tissues, such as pith.

An old spelling of steal, steal.

An obsolete form of stale.

In archaeology: An upright slab or pillar, often crowned with a rich anthemion, and sometimes bearing more or less elaborate sculpture or a painted scene, commonly used among the ancient Greeks as a gravestone.

A similar slab or pillar serving as a milestone, to bear an inscription in some public place, or for a like purpose.

In botany, the axial cylinder of a stem, beginning as the plerome (see plerome, 2, and plerome-sheath) and passing into the older tissues which supply the vascular tissue of the plant.

Same as stela.

A stale, or handle; a stalk.

A tall, slender stone monument, often with writing carved into its surface