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Record 1 2006-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
DEF

The tissue that accumulates on the surface of the plant axis in consequence of phellogen activity.

OBS

As the periderm develops, it separates, by means of a non-living layer of cork cells, variable amounts of primary and secondary tissues of the axis from the subjacent living tissues.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

[Partie de l'écorce comprenant] le suber et les tissus exfoliés [et qui] renferme souvent des îlots de tissus corticaux ou libériens.

CONT

Ainsi, l'écorce d'un arbre est constituée de cellules et tissus vivants (assises méristématiques, phloème et phelloderme) et de structures faites de cellules mortes appelées rhytidomes.

OBS

Techniquement, le terme [rhytidome] est employé pour désigner l'écorce externe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
DEF

Corteza exterior de una planta leñosa.

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