CORK CAMBIUM Definition & Meaning

cork cambium

noun

Botany.

phellogen.

cork cambium

noun

a layer of meristematic cells in the cortex of the stems and roots of woody plants, the outside of which gives rise to cork cells and the inside to secondary cortical cells (phelloderm) Also calledphellogen

cork cambium

A layer of cambium near the surface of the stems of woody plants that produces cork to the outside and phelloderm to the inside. It forms the middle layer of the periderm.
Also called phellogen
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Origin of cork cambium¹

First recorded in 1875–80

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Cork cells, X, formed from the cork cambium, C.Ca: the cells developed on the inside of the latter, Cl, are termed collenchyma, and go to add to the cortex.

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