Tissue in the stem of a plant that gives rise to cork on its outer surface and a layer of cells containing chlorophyll on its inner.
〔植〕木栓形成层
Example sentencesExamples
Periderm is the other product of secondary growth; it is produced by the cork cambium, a cylindrical layer of cells which develops not far under the outer skin of the plant.
It has been widely suggested that phellem, a corky outer layer derived from the cork cambium may function as aerenchyma, but until now no-one had tested that hypothesis.
Periderm is composed of cork, a secondary tissue derived from activity of the cork cambium.
Bark textures are a result of changes in cork cambium, and the furrows and cracks arise from stretching, as the circumference increases.
Both groups produce reinforced periderm from a cork cambium.
Definition of cork cambium in US English:
cork cambium
noun
Botany
Tissue in the stem of a plant that gives rise to cork on its outer surface and a layer of cells containing chlorophyll on its inner surface.
〔植〕木栓形成层
Example sentencesExamples
Bark textures are a result of changes in cork cambium, and the furrows and cracks arise from stretching, as the circumference increases.
Both groups produce reinforced periderm from a cork cambium.
It has been widely suggested that phellem, a corky outer layer derived from the cork cambium may function as aerenchyma, but until now no-one had tested that hypothesis.
Periderm is the other product of secondary growth; it is produced by the cork cambium, a cylindrical layer of cells which develops not far under the outer skin of the plant.
Periderm is composed of cork, a secondary tissue derived from activity of the cork cambium.