cambiums or cambia

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• cambium — cambial, adj. /kam bee euhm/, n., pl. cambiums, cambia / bee euh/. Bot. a layer of delicate meristematic tissue between the inner bark or phloem and the wood or xylem, which produces new phloem on the outside and new xylem on the inside in stems …   Universalium

• angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction       any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …   Universalium

• Cork cambium — Multiple cross sections of a stem showing cork cambium (click image 3 times to see detail)[1] Cork cambium (pl. cambia or cambiums) is a tissue found in many vascular plants as part of the periderm. The cork cambium is a lateral meristem and is… …   Wikipedia

• cambium — [ kambɪəm] noun (plural cambia or cambiums) Botany a cellular plant tissue from which phloem, xylem, or cork grows by division. Derivatives cambial adjective Origin C16 (denoting one of the alimentary humours once supposed to nourish the body):… …   English new terms dictionary

• cambium — ► NOUN (pl. cambia or cambiums) Botany ▪ a layer of cells in a plant stem between the xylem and phloem, from which new tissue grows by cellular division. ORIGIN Latin, change, exchange …   English terms dictionary

• cambium — n. (pl. cambia or cambiums) Bot. a cellular plant tissue responsible for the increase in girth of stems and roots. Derivatives: cambial adj. Etymology: med.L, = change, exchange …   Useful english dictionary