CAMBIUM (cambia)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: cambia   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does cambium mean? 

• CAMBIUM (noun)
  The noun CAMBIUM has 2 senses:

1. a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth

2. the inner layer of the periosteum

  Familiarity information: CAMBIUM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAMBIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cambium" is a kind of...):

vascular tissue (tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants)

Derivation:

cambial (of or relating to or functioning as a cambium)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The inner layer of the periosteum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("cambium" is a kind of...):

stratum (one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock))

Holonyms ("cambium" is a part of...):

periosteum (a dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones (except at their extremities) and serving as an attachment for tendons and muscles; contains nerves and blood vessels that nourish the enclosed bone)

Derivation:

cambial (of or relating to or functioning as a cambium)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the formation of a cambium layer in the affected tissue and polypoid nodules within an abundant myxoid stroma.

(Botryoid-Type Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-technical term applied to all tissues outside the vascular cambium in a woody stem.

(Bark, Stem, Food and Drug Administration)

A non-technical term applied to all tissues outside the vascular cambium in a woody root.

(Bark, Root, Food and Drug Administration)

A non-technical term applied to all tissues outside the vascular cambium in woody root, stem, or branch.

(Bark, Food and Drug Administration)

It is characterized by the formation of a cambium layer in the affected tissue and polypoid nodules with an abundant myxoid stroma.

(Adult Botryoid-Type Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)