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cambium

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: cambium

1
 n
a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth
2
 n
the inner layer of the periosteum
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: cambium
1

n a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth

Type of:
vascular tissue
tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants
2

n the inner layer of the periosteum

Type of:
stratum
one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
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