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CAMBIUM
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Irregular inflected form: cambia
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The inner layer of the periosteum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cambium" is a kind of...):
stratum (one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock))
Holonyms ("cambium" is a part of...):
periosteum (a dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones (except at their extremities) and serving as an attachment for tendons and muscles; contains nerves and blood vessels that nourish the enclosed bone)
Derivation:
cambial (of or relating to or functioning as a cambium)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cambium" is a kind of...):
vascular tissue (tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants)
Derivation:
cambial (of or relating to or functioning as a cambium)
