Definition of Pericycle

1. Noun. (botany) : In a plant root, the cylinder of plant tissue between the endodermis and phloem. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pericycle

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pericycle

pericopes
pericopic
pericorneal
pericoronal
pericoronal abscess
pericoronal flap
pericoronitis
pericorpuscular synapse
pericrania
pericranial
pericranitis
pericranium
pericraniums
periculous
pericyazine
pericycle (current term)
pericycles
pericyclic
pericyclic reaction
pericyclic reactions
pericystic
pericystitis
pericystium
pericytal
pericyte
pericytes
pericytial
pericytic
pericytic venules
peridens

Literary usage of Pericycle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"pericycle '. The term ' pericycle ' is on the whole a practical designation, which is not altogether founded on a developmental basis ; it is used to ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1900)
"It is interesting to note that these cells are continuous on the one hand with the pericycle below, and on the other with the ..."

3. The Soluble Ferments and Fermentation by Joseph Reynolds Green (1901)
"(8) The cortex and pericycle chiefly; also the primary and secondary bast and pith ... In some leaves they are localised in the mesophyll and the pericycle; ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"These enlarged pericycle cells are abundantly supplied with cytoplasm of fine, ... 6. a, transverse section through a portion of the pericycle in contact ..."

5. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1916)
"The pericycle.-—The pericycle lies between the starch sheath or endodermis and the outer rim of the phloem part of the vascular bundles (Fig. 14). ..."

6. Transactions of the Canadian Institute by Canadian Institute (1849-1914). (1899)
"From the pith, strands of parenchyma radiate outwards towards the pericycle and constitute the medullary rays. These parenchymatous rays divide the xylem ..."

7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The connexions of its nek that of the parent axis are made across the pericycle of tb Its cortex is never in connexion with the cortex of the pero with its ..."

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