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Definition of Periderm
1. n. The outer layer of bark.
Definition of Periderm
1. Noun. (botany) The outer layer of plant tissue; the outer bark. ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) The perisarc; the hard outer layer of hydroids and other marine animals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Periderm
1. an outer layer of plant tissue [n -S]
Medical Definition of Periderm
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Periderm
Literary usage of Periderm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Histology of Medicinal Plants by William Mansfield (1916)
"In canella alba the periderm is replaced by stone cell-cork. That is, the cells
forming the periderm are of a typical cork shape, but the walls are ..."
2. Text-book of the Diseases of Trees by Robert Hartig (1894)
"This preparation consists in a periderm being formed in the tissues along ...
In its origin and structure this periderm entirely agrees with the periderm of ..."
3. Trees: A Handbook of Forest-botany for the Woodlands and the Laboratory by Harry Marshall Ward, Percy Groom (1904)
"TEGUMENTARY SYSTEM—continued. CORK—periderm. Persistent epidermis—Replacement by
cork—Origin of periderm— Superficial ..."
4. The Elements of Vegetable Histology by Charles William Ballard (1921)
"periderm periderm occurs on the exposed surfaces of woody roots and stems.
The primary epidermal tissues originating from the ..."
5. A Manual of organic materia medica: Being a Guide to Materia Medica of the by John Michael Maisch (1892)
"Bast radially striate, whitish ; periderm gray or brownish. ... Bast tangentially
striate ; periderm blackish ; inner surface smooth, brownish ; tough. ..."
6. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"The great majority of the stems in question form superficial periderm : a ...
form periderm only in the second, or a still later period of vegetation of the ..."
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