secondary growth

American  

noun

Botany.

1. an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium.

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secondary growth Scientific  

1. Growth in vascular plants resulting from the production of layers of secondary tissue by a lateral meristem (the cork cambium or the vascular cambium). The new tissue accumulates and results in thicker branches and stems. Secondary growth occurs in gymnosperms, most eudicots, and woody magnoliids (such as the magnolia). Most monocots and herbaceous plants undergo little or no secondary growth but simply stop growing when their primary tissues mature.

2. Compare primary growth

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Example Sentences

Figure 23.10 shows the areas of primary and secondary growth in a plant.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Woody plants may also exhibit secondary growth, or increase in thickness.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

One common trigger for a secondary growth spurt is flooding, Tucker says.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 17, 2021

The gel-free secondary growth method27, 28 relies on the consumption of a top sacrificial layer of 50-nm Stöber silica nanoparticles as the silica source for the growth of MFI seed layers.

From Nature • Mar. 14, 2017

Stems which undergo secondary growth in thickness soon cast off their epidermis, its r�le being assumed by cork or bark.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various