Meaning of epiphloeum | Babel Free
/ɛ.pɪˈfliː.əm/Definitions
A corky envelope or outer portion of bark, lying next beneath an epidermis.
Examples
“Usually each stratum has a separate growth, which takes place by the addition of new matter to its interior; thus the endophlœum, or liber, grows next the alburnum, the mesophlœum next the epiphlœum, and the epiphlœum next the mesophlœum; the epidermis does not grow at all.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.