rhytidome
English
Etymology
Greek rhitidoma-wrinkle, from rhitidoun-to wrinkle, from rhytid-, rhytis-wrinkle
Pronunciation
- (IPA) /rɪtədoʊm/
Noun
rhytidome (usually uncountable, plural rhytidomes)
- (botany) The dead layers of plant bark (undergoing or having undergone secondary growth) external to that of the last formed periderm .
See also
rhytidome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Noun
rhytidome m (plural rhytidomes)
- rhytidome
Further reading
- “rhytidome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.