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

They are interested in finding examples of secondary growth.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

From Science Magazine • Dec. 17, 2021

Figure 3b shows an SEM cross-section establishing a dense layer after gel-free secondary growth with thickness ranging between 250 nm and 1 μm.

From Nature • Mar. 14, 2017

I saw two others in secondary growth on the edge of the forest.

From Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 by Thompson, Max C.