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periblem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
peri-blem
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The cortex of a root of a young plant.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

immature cellular bark.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- Ancient Greek βλῆμα (blêma)der. English periblem From peri- + root of Ancient Greek βλῆμα (blêma, “to sprout, shoot”).

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Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Botany, Medicine.

Inflected Forms

periblems (plural)

Questions

What does periblem mean?
The cortex of a root of a young plant.
Where does periblem come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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