rhytidome
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Greek rhitidoma-wrinkle, from rhitidoun-to wrinkle, from rhytid-, rhytis-wrinkle [1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rhytidome (usually uncountable, plural rhytidomes)
- (botany) The dead layers of plant bark (undergoing or having undergone secondary growth) external to that of the last formed periderm [2].
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French[edit]
Noun[edit]
rhytidome m (plural rhytidomes)
Further reading[edit]
- “rhytidome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.