Dictionary.com

Popular Searches

 Thesaurus.com

dermatogen

American  
[der-mat-uh-juhn, -jen, dur-muh-tuh-] / dərˈmæt ə dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn, ˈdɜr mə tə- /

noun

Botany.

  1. protoderm.

dermatogen British  
/ dəˈmætədʒən, ˈdɜːməˌtəʊdʒən /

noun

  1. botany a meristem at the apex of stems and roots that gives rise to the epidermis

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
dermatogen Scientific  
/ dûr-măt′ə-jən /

  1. See protoderm

Etymology

Origin of dermatogen

First recorded in 1880–85; dermato- + -gen

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.