phellogen
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φελλός (phellós, “cork”) + -gen.
Noun
phellogen (countable and uncountable, plural phellogens)
- (botany) The tissue of young cells that produces the phellem.
- Synonym: cork cambium
- 2007, Keith Roberts, Handbook of Plant Science, volume 1, page 154:
- We distinguish between primary bark (originating from primary meristems - protoderm, ground meristem and procambium) and secondary bark (originating from secondary meristems - the vascular cambium, the phellogen, and dilatation meristem).