phellogen

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Definition of phellogen

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The tissue of young cells that produces the phellem.
    “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).”

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek φελλός (phellós, “cork”) + -gen.

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