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peri·cli·nal | \ ¦perə¦klīnᵊl \
Definition of periclinal
1 : parallel to the surface or circumference of an organ — compare anticlinal
2 : quaquaversal
3 of a plant chimera : having tissue of one kind completely surrounded by another kind — compare sectorial
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