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Cambium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Cambium has 2 senses
- cambium(n = noun.plant) Array - a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth; Array is a kind of vascular tissue
- cambium(n = noun.body) Array - the inner layer of the periosteum; Array is a part of periosteum
Derived form adjective cambial1
is a kind of stratum
Derived form adjective cambial1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Cambium, n. [LL. cambium exchange, fr. L. cambire to exchange. It was supposed that cambium was sap changing into wood.].
- A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which is very soft. [1913 Webster]
- A fancied nutritive juice, formerly supposed to originate in the blood, to repair losses of the system, and to promote its increase. Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Cambium, n. (pl. cambia or cambiums) Bot. a cellular plant tissue responsible for the increase in girth of stems and roots.
Derivative
cambial adj.
Etymology
med.L, = change, exchange
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