Definition of Cambium. Meaning of Cambium. Synonyms of Cambium

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Definition of Cambium

Cambium
Cambium Cam"bi*um, n. [LL. cambium exchange, fr. L. cambire to exchange. It was supposed that cambium was sap changing into wood.] 1. (Bot.) A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which is very soft. 2. (Med.) A fancied nutritive juice, formerly supposed to originate in the blood, to repair losses of the system, and to promote its increase. --Dunglison.

Meaning of Cambium from wikipedia

- A cambium (pl.: cambiums or cambia), in plants, is a tissue layer that provides partially undifferentiated cells for plant growth. It is found in the area...
- the vascular cambium, and cork cambium (part of the secondary meristems but descendants of apical meristematic cells). The cork cambium further differentiates...
- The vascular cambium is the main growth tissue in the stems and roots of many plants, specifically in dicots such as buttercups and oak trees, gymnosperms...
- Cork cambium (pl.: cambia or cambiums) is a tissue found in many vascular plants as a part of the epidermis. It is one of the many layers of bark, between...
- Cambium Networks Corporation is an American manufacturer of wireless telecommunications equipment, including Enterprise WiFi, Network switch, Internet...
- inner cambium layer (or osteogenic layer). The fibrous layer is of dense irregular connective tissue, containing fibroblasts, while the cambium layer...
- two meristems ****ociated with vascular tissue: the vascular cambium and the cork cambium. All the vascular tissues within a particular plant together...
- CCI Entertainment Ltd. (Cambium Catalyst International) is a Canadian television production company that focuses on the production of television shows...
- lateral or secondary meristems: the vascular cambium and the cork cambium or p****ogen. The vascular cambium forms between the xylem and phloem in the vascular...
- vines, and shrubs. Bark refers to all the tissues outside the vascular cambium and is a nontechnical term. It overlays the wood and consists of the inner...