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Definition of Phellem
1. Noun. (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells.
Definition of Phellem
1. a layer of plant cells [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phellem
Literary usage of Phellem
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Plant Anatomy by Emily Lovira Gregory (1895)
"The phellem cells, which form what is known as the corky layer, are alike in form
and origin; they differ only in the nature of their walls, ..."
2. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1883)
"... or, in a later stage of growth, when the bark is distinctly differentiated
into an inner translucent phloem and an external phellem layer. ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1877)
"At the first glance this layer looks like a phellem or corky layer, but its origin
is a different one. Its genetic plane is at its outer surface, ..."
4. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger, William Hillhouse (1900)
"... of the lenticel : jut, phellem (x 90). parts of the stem the lenticels appear
as oval, slightly projecting, spots. Still younger stages are marked out ..."
5. The Oak: A Popular Introduction to Forest-botany by Harry Marshall Ward (1892)
"... and phellem, are called the periderm. It is obvious that the cork-cambium, by
thus adding to the cortical parenchyma, is gradually driven radially ..."