PERICYCLE


Meaning of PERICYCLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈper-ə-ˌsī-kəl ]

noun

Etymology: French péricycle, from Greek perikyklos spherical, from peri- + kyklos circle — more at wheel

Date: circa 1892

: a thin layer of parenchymatous or sclerenchymatous cells that surrounds the stele in most vascular plants

• peri·cy·clic ˌper-ə-ˈsī-klik, -ˈsi- adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.