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phellem

[ fel-uh m, -em ]
/ ˈfɛl əm, -ɛm /
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noun Botany.

cork(def 6).

RELATED WORDS

plug, spike, stopper, stop, float, seal, close, bobber, oak, stopple, shive

Nearby words

pheasant coucal, pheasant's eye, pheba, phebe, pheidippides, phellem, phelloderm, phellogen, phelonion, phelps, phemister graft

Origin of phellem

1885–90; < Greek phell(ós) cork + (phlo)em
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British Dictionary definitions for phellem

phellem

/ (ˈfɛləm) /

noun

botany the technical name for cork (def. 4)

Word Origin for phellem

C20: from Greek phellos cork + phloem
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Science definitions for phellem

phellem

[ fĕl′əm ]

See cork.
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