rhytidome
English edit
Etymology edit
Greek rhitidoma-wrinkle, from rhitidoun-to wrinkle, from rhytid-, rhytis-wrinkle [1]
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 [2].
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.