SINCE 1828
gliding growth
nounDefinition of gliding growth
: plant growth marked by the sliding of a cell wall over the surface of a cell or cells adjacent to it (as in the formation of new initials in the cambium)
— called also sliding growth
— compare intrusive growth, symplastic growthComments on gliding growth
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