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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐπίβλημα (epíblēma, “cover”); ἐπί (epí, “over, upon”) + βάλλω (bállō, “throw”).
Pronunciation
Noun
epiblema (uncountable)
- (botany) The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids.
1885, George Lincoln Goodale, Physiological Botany:These epidermal cells of the root, taken collectively, have been called the Epiblema
References
“epiblema”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.