periderms
Meaning of periderms
plural noun
the corky outer layer of a plant stem formed in secondary thickening or as a response to injury or infection.
mid 19th century: from peri- ‘around’ + Greek derma ‘skin’.
Information about periderms
- It is a name.
- The singular form of periderms is: periderm.
- Languages in which periderms is used:
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Hyphenation of periderms
peri-d-erms
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- periderms is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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