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Suberic vs Suber - What's the difference?

suberic | suber | Derived terms |

Suberic is a derived term of suber.


As an adjective suberic

is (dated) of or relating to the layer of cells in trees just below the epidermis.

As a noun suber is

(dated|technical) cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of a plant.

suberic

English

Adjective

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  • (dated) Of or relating to the layer of cells in trees just below the epidermis
  • *{{quote-book, 1902, Joseph Kennell, Timber: a comprehensive study of wood in all its aspects, by=Paul Charpentier, page=25, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=I1MDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA25
    • , passage=The utricular tissue of the suberic cells is formed of suberin and paraxylose.}}

    Derived terms

    *suberic acid

    Related terms

    *suberin *suberose *suberous

    suber

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (dated, technical) Cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of a plant
  • *{{quote-book, 1869, Louis Figuier, The Vegetable World, page=39, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=4AgPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA39
    • , passage=In many trees the suber is very slightly developed. But this is not the case with the Cork-oak (Quercus suber ).}}

    Derived terms

    *suberic *suberic acid *suberin *suberize, suberization *suberose *suberous

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