rhytidome

Meaning

Noun

The dead layers of plant bark (undergoing or having undergone secondary growth) external to that of the last formed periderm .

Origin

Greek rhitidoma-wrinkle, from rhitidoun-to wrinkle, from rhytid-, rhytis-wrinkle

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