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periderm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
peri-d-erm
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The outer layer of plant tissue comprising the phellem, phellogen and the phelloderm.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The perisarc; the hard outer layer of hydroids and other marine animals.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From peri- + -derm.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

periderms (plural) periderma (alternative) peridermis (alternative)

Derived Forms

peridermic

Questions

What does periderm mean?
The outer layer of plant tissue comprising the phellem, phellogen and the phelloderm.
Where does periderm come from?
From peri- + -derm.

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