cambial
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a word derived from
cambium.
cambiumnouna layer of delicate meristematic tissue between the inner bark or phloem and the wood or xylem, which produces new phloem on the outside and new xylem on the inside in stems, roots, etc., originating all secondary growth in plants and forming the annual rings of wood.
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Trees form scars after cambial cells are killed by wildfire heat, he said.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 28, 2023
"We cross-dated a total of 147,588 tree rings and identified 672 cambial injuries, 479 of which were fire scars," Johnston said.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 28, 2023
DNA was extracted from bud, cambial and wood tissues using CTAB32 and Qiagen DNeasy protocols.
From Nature ● Dec. 25, 2016
The operation is performed during that period of growth in which the bark peels most readily from the vine, the period of greatest cambial activity.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
The cambial region was grayish-black and the inner bark was sappy and greenish-brown.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 by Northern Nut Growers Association