phellem
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0004003
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- related: cork
- alt_id: PO:0005049
- exact: コルク組織(=cork tissue) (Japanese)
- exact: felema (Spanish)
- exact: portion of phellem tissue
- Definition
- A portion of ground issue centrifugally derived from cork cambium, non-living at maturity, and having suberized walls. [source: ISBN:0471245208, POC:curators]
- Comment
- Protective in function because the walls are highly impervious to water.
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