subterranean tuber periderm
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0025045
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- narrow: mature potato tuber skin
- exact: peridermis de tubérculo subterráneo (Spanish)
- exact: 地下塊茎 周皮 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A portion of tuber periderm that is part of a subterranean tuber. [source: PMID:19752048, POC:curators]
- Comment
- The skin of young potatoes is epidermis while the skin of mature potatoes is periderm.
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