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PHELLEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phellem mean?
• PHELLEM (noun)
The noun PHELLEM has 1 sense:
1. (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
Familiarity information: PHELLEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
cork; phellem
Hypernyms ("phellem" is a kind of...):
bark (tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
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