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English
Etymology
From peri- + -clinal.
Adjective
periclinal (not comparable)
- (biology) Parallel to the surface of an organ.
- (botany) Of a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs parallel to an adjacent layer of cells.
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French périclinal.
Adjective
periclinal m or n (feminine singular periclinală, masculine plural periclinali, feminine and neuter plural periclinale)
- periclinal
Declension