■ noun Botany the corky outer layer of a plant stem formed by the cambium or as a response to injury or infection.
Derivatives
~al adjective
Origin
C19: from peri- + Gk derma 'skin'.
■ noun Botany the corky outer layer of a plant stem formed by the cambium or as a response to injury or infection.
Derivatives
~al adjective
Origin
C19: from peri- + Gk derma 'skin'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004