Definition of Procambium

1. n. The young tissue of a fibrovascular bundle before its component cells have begun to be differentiated.

Definition of Procambium

1. Noun. (botany) A meristem that lies just inside the protoderm and develops into primary xylem and primary phloem. ¹

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Definition of Procambium

1. [n -BIA or -BIUMS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Procambium

proboscis worm
proboscises
probs
probucol
proc
procacious
procacities
procacity
procainamide
procaine
procaine hydrochloride
procaine penicillin
procaines
procambia
procambial
procambium (current term)
procambiums
procapitalist
procapitalists
procapsid
procapsids
procarbazine
procarbazines
procarboxypeptidase
procarboxypeptidases
procarcinogen
procarcinogens
procarps
procaryote

Literary usage of Procambium

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

1. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1907)
"In the stems of Monocotyledons the procambium strands are scattered promiscuously instead of being disposed in a ring (Fig. ..."

2. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1916)
"In still older portions of the stem, lower down, we find that the protoderm has changed into a definite outer skin or epidermis; the procambium has become ..."

3. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1910)
"In still older portions of the stem, lower down, we find that the protoderm has changed into a definite outer skin or epidermis; the procambium has become ..."

4. Microscopic Botany: A Manual of the Microscope in Vegetable Histology by Eduard Strasburger (1887)
"The procambium zone appears in cross section as a rhomboid figure, with somewhat projecting and rounded edges. This figure is alternately elongated in the ..."

5. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1881)
"Here, too, the procambium becomes differentiated as strands of similar cells, ... The procambium of a lobe may be directly continuous with that of the main ..."

6. Handbook of Practical Botany: For the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger, William Hillhouse (1900)
"This rhombic figure appears elongated alternately in the direction of the newly-entering leaf-traces. The procambium consists of thin-walled, narrow, ..."

7. The Structure and Development of Mosses and Ferns (Archegoniatae). by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1905)
"In the primary central row of cells in the leaves similar divisions occur, and a very evident procambium cylinder is formed, bending in and joining the ..."

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