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Cambium

noun
(pl. cambia, cambiums)
1.
A formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth.
2.
The inner layer of the periosteum.





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... through orchards and rested under apple trees, he never observed that the rings of small holes in the bark were usually made by the yellow-bellied woodpecker, instead of by Downy, and that the bird was not searching for grubs or insects, but was feeding upon the milky cambium layer ...
— The Last Harvest • John Burroughs


Words linked to "Cambium" :   stratum, cambial, periosteum, vascular tissue


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