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• liber
  liber

  noun

  phloem.
• Liber
  Liber

  noun

  an ancient Italian god of wine and vineyards, in later times identified with Bacchus.

liber

¹ American  

[lahy-ber] / ˈlaɪ bər /

noun

Botany.

1. phloem.

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liber ² American  

[lahy-ber, li-ber] / ˈlaɪ bər, ˈlɪ bɛr /

noun

libri, plural libers plural

1. a book of public records, as deeds or birth certificates.

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Liber ³ American  

[lahy-ber] / ˈlaɪ bər /

noun

1. an ancient Italian god of wine and vineyards, in later times identified with Bacchus.

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liber British  

/ ˈlaɪbə /

noun

1. a rare name for phloem

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• libers
  plural
• libri
  plural

Etymology

Origin of liber¹

1745–55; < Latin: bark; akin to leaf

Origin of liber²

< Latin: book, originally bark; see liber ¹

Example Sentences

It was there that he became deeply depressed for the first time, Liber said: “He just wasn’t functioning.”

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2022

Alex Liber, an assistant professor in the oncology department of Georgetown University’s School of Medicine who studies tobacco control policy, examined Poland’s experience with a menthol cigarette ban instituted in 2020.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2022

State business license information shows Nommensen is the co-owner of Liber Construction in Spanaway, and the business address listed for the company is the same as Nommensen’s last known address included in charging documents.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2022

“Increasing land supply while prices are high, and vice versa won’t work because property developers will hold onto their existing stocks to maximize profits, and this drives up prices,” added Liber.

From Forbes • Apr. 3, 2015

Though this sequence is the source of Fibonacci’s fame, Fibonacci’s Liber Abaci had a much more important purpose than animal husbandry.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife