epiblema
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐπίβλημα (epíblēma, “cover”); ἐπί (epí, “over, upon”) + βάλλω (bállō, “throw”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛpɪˈbliːmə/
Noun
epiblema (uncountable)
- (botany) The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids.
- 1885, George Lincoln Goodale, Physiological Botany
- These epidermal cells of the root, taken collectively, have been called the Epiblema
- 1885, George Lincoln Goodale, Physiological Botany
References
epiblema in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913