PERIDERM


Meaning of PERIDERM in English

[peri.derm] n [NL peridermis, fr. peri- + -dermis] (1849): an outer layer of tissue; esp: a cortical protective layer of many roots and stems that typically consists of phellem, phellogen, and phelloderm

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