rhytidome

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rɪtədoʊm/

Noun

rhytidome (usually uncountable, plural rhytidomes)

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

See also

French

Noun

rhytidome m (plural rhytidomes)

  1. rhytidome

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