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pericycle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
per-i-cy-cle
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In a plant root, the cylinder of plant tissue between the endodermis and phloem.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kʷókʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kúklos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle English pericycle From peri- + cycle.

Inflected Forms

pericycles (plural)

Derived Forms

pericyclic

Questions

What does pericycle mean?
In a plant root, the cylinder of plant tissue between the endodermis and phloem.
Where does pericycle come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kʷókʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kúklos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle English pericycle From peri- + cycle.

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