cork cambium

American  

noun

Botany.

1. phellogen.

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cork cambium British  

noun

1. Also called: phellogen.  a layer of meristematic cells in the cortex of the stems and roots of woody plants, the outside of which gives rise to cork cells and the inside to secondary cortical cells (phelloderm)

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cork cambium Scientific  

1. A layer of cambium near the surface of the stems of woody plants that produces cork to the outside and phelloderm to the inside. It forms the middle layer of the periderm.

2. Also called phellogen

3. See more at cambium

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Etymology

Origin of cork cambium

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

An herbicide is developed that impairs the function of the cork cambium in woody plants.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The cork cambium also produces a layer of cells known as phelloderm, which grows inward from the cambium.

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In woody plants, cork cambium is the outermost lateral meristem.

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Secondary growth occurs in meristems called the vascular cambium and cork cambium; this is when older stems and roots increase in thickness and length.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018

Cork cells, X, formed from the cork cambium, C.Ca: the cells developed on the inside of the latter, Cl, are termed collenchyma, and go to add to the cortex.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various