Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In bat., the middle or green layer of bark.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The middle bark of a tree; the green layer of bark, usually soon covered by the outer or corky layer, and obliterated.
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- noun botany The
middle bark of atree ; the green layer of bark, usually soon covered by the outer orcorky layer, andobliterated .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek μέσος (mesos, "middle") + φλόος (phloos, "bark").
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