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Meaning of epiphloeum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/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.

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