rhytidome
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ῥυτίδωμα (rhutídōma, “wrinkle”), from ῥυτιδόω (rhutidóō, “to wrinkle”), from ῥυτίς (rhutís, “wrinkle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rhytidome (usually uncountable, plural rhytidomes)
- (botany) The dead layers of plant bark (undergoing or having undergone secondary growth) external to that of the last formed periderm [1].
See also
[edit]French
[edit]Noun
[edit]rhytidome m (plural rhytidomes)
Further reading
[edit]- “rhytidome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.