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CAMBIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or functioning as a cambium
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Pertainym:
cambium (a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth)
Derivation:
cambium (the inner layer of the periosteum)
cambium (a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth)