noun
- the layer of meristematic tissue in plant stems and roots that gives rise to the cortex
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The periblem develops into the cortical tissues of the plant.
- In the root tip, the periblem surrounds the plerome.
- Botanists study the periblem to understand plant development.
- The periblem is one of three primary meristematic tissues.
- Cell division in the periblem produces cortex cells.