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Suberin vs Suber - What's the difference?

suberin | suber | Derived terms |

Suberin is a derived term of suber.


As nouns the difference between suberin and suber

is that suberin is a waxy material found in the cell walls of cork and similar plants while suber is (dated|technical) cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of a plant.

suberin

English

Noun

(wikipedia suberin) (en noun)
  • A waxy material found in the cell walls of cork and similar plants

    • 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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