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Definition of Suber
1. Noun. (dated technical) Cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of a plant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Suber
1. phellem [n -S] - See also: phellem
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suber
Literary usage of Suber
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Chemistry for the Use of Students of Medicine by Franklin Bache (1819)
"OF suber. 1. COMMON cork, the outer bark of the quercus suber, suber or has been
ascertained to possess peculiar chemical proper- cor.k> * pe~ ties, ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1890)
"RE, AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR QUERCUS suber. BY AO INGALLS. ... possible substitute
for the Quercus suber, and under the impression that it might possess a future ..."
3. An Encyclopaedia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1869)
"suber angustifolium Bauh. Pin. 424., Du Ham. Arb. 2. p. 291. t. 81. ... Q.
Pseudo-suber Hurt. — Leaves large, and variously dentate, as in Jig. 1622. «. ..."
4. The Elements of Experimental Chemistry by William Henry (1823)
"They consisted of suber, probably, however, not perfectly pure: l>ut «>i its
properties in that state, we have as yet no accurate knowledge. ..."
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