cambium

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cam·bi·um | \ ˈkam-bē-əm

plural cambiums or cambia\ ˈkam-bē-ə

Definition of cambium

: a thin formative layer between the xylem and phloem of most vascular plants that gives rise to new cells and is responsible for secondary growth

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Recent Examples on the Web Sometimes the cambium layer, which is the green tissue just under the bark, comes off with the bark. — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2022 In winter, most of the living tissue is found in the overwintering buds and in a green layer under the bark called the cambium. — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2022 Windham suggests that most cankers are associated with wounds, often during pruning, that open the inner cambium to disease. — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2021 Yet the tree was still alive, with just one rope of cambium — the outer bark that transports water and nutrients — snaking up the trunk. — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 24 July 2021 Till and Shaw cut into the moist and apparently healthy cambium layer of a 70-year-old fir tree lying on the ground. — oregonlive, 8 May 2021 The aforementioned cambium layer is green in stems or branches that are still alive. — Daniel Cunningham, Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2021 If some of the cambium and outer bark is still intact and wet, quickly lift the branch level to close the wound. — oregonlive, 20 Feb. 2021 While this thinning wouldn’t exactly be programmed senescence,the cambium could eventually become too thin to function and kill the tree. — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 July 2020 See More

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