peel

²peel

noun

Definition of PEEL

1

: the skin or rind of a fruit

2

: a thin layer of organic material that is embedded in a film of collodion and stripped from the surface of an object (as a plant fossil) for microscopic study

3

: chemical peel

First Known Use of PEEL

14th century

Other Biology Terms

autochthonous, fecund, homunculus, phylogeny, substrate