periblem

[ per-uh-blem ]

nounBotany.
  1. the histogen in plants that gives rise to the cortex.

Origin of periblem

1
1870–75; <Greek períblēma a cloak, covering, akin to peribállein to throw about, put on. See peri-, problem

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British Dictionary definitions for periblem

periblem

/ (ˈpɛrɪˌblɛm) /


noun
  1. botany a layer of meristematic tissue in stems and roots that gives rise to the cortex

Origin of periblem

1
C19: via German from Greek periblēma protection, from periballein to throw around, from peri- + ballein to throw

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