"pericycle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pericycles [plural]
Etymology: From peri- + cycle. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|peri|cycle}} peri- + cycle Head templates: {{en-noun}} pericycle (plural pericycles)
  1. (botany) In a plant root, the cylinder of plant tissue between the endodermis and phloem. Derived forms: pericyclic Translations (cylinder of plant tissue): péricycle [masculine] (French), Perizykel [masculine] (German), okolnica [feminine] (Polish), perycykl [masculine] (Polish), perykambium [neuter] (Polish), mulsangahang-ugat (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

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