Associations to the word «Cambium»

Wiktionary

CAMBIUM, noun. (botany) A layer of cells between the xylem and the phloem that is responsible for the secondary growth of roots and stems.
CAMBIUM, noun. (obsolete) One of the humours formerly believed to nourish the bodily organs.

Dictionary definition

CAMBIUM, noun. A formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth.
CAMBIUM, noun. The inner layer of the periosteum.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats