Definition of Protoderm

1. Noun. (botany) The primary meristem from which the epidermis develops. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Protoderm

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protoderm

protocontinent
protocontinents
protoconversation
protoconversations
protocorm
protoctist
protoctist family
protoctist genus
protoctist order
protoctistan
protoctistans
protoctists
protoculture
protocuneiform
protodeboronation
protoderm (current term)
protoderms
protodesilylation
protofascist
protofeather
protofeathered
protofeathers
protofeminism
protofeminisms
protofeminist
protofibril
protofibrils
protofilament
protofilaments
protoform

Literary usage of Protoderm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Monograph of the British Fossil Crustacea, Belonging to the Order Merostomata by Henry Woodward (1878)
"So far as I am aware (writes Dr. Packard) Apus is the only other Crustacean in which a ' protoderm' like that of Limulus is formed. ..."

2. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1916)
"A, g, g and c, mother cells of the gland; c, from the protoderm, and g, g, from the fundamental tissue. B, older stage where the cells have begun to form ..."

3. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1907)
"109) ; or sometimes the protoderm alone gives rise to the gland. ... Cross-section through mother-cells of the gland; c, from the protoderm, and g, g, ..."

4. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1910)
"A, g, g and c, mother cells of the gland; c, from the protoderm, and g, g, ... 109); or sometimes the protoderm alone gives rise to the gland. ..."

5. Microscopy and the Microscopical Examination of Drugs by Charles E. Gabel (1912)
"This forms three different tissues known together as the PRIMARY MERISTEM: 1, the protoderm, whose cells are somewhat elongated and which later form the ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"as soon as the embryo increases in size, the tough chorion splits asunder, and the inner elastic protoderm enlarges, becomes dense, and vicariously fulfils ..."

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