cork cambium

cork cam·bi·um

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Definitions of cork cambium words

noun cork cambium a layer of meristematic cells in the cortex of the stems and roots of woody plants, the outside of which gives rise to cork cells and the inside to secondary cortical cells (phelloderm) 3
noun cork cambium a layer of formative cells between the cork and the cortex, from which the cork is formed 3
noun cork cambium phellogen. 1

before 1875

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First recorded in 1875-80

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