Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, the primitive or nascent epidermis; the primordial cellular layer from which the epidermis is developed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.
- noun (Bot.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.
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- noun botany
Nascent epidermis , orexternal cuticle ofplants in a forming condition.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek for "skin" + -gen.
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The rest of the root shows the same division of the tissues into the primary epidermis (dermatogen) (_d_), young fibro-vascular cylinder (plerome) (_pl. _), and young ground tissue
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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