lateral meristem
(mare-eh-stem) [L. latus, lateris, side + Gk. meristos, divided]
The vascular and cork cambium, a cylinder of dividing cells that runs most of the length of stems and roots and is responsible for secondary growth.
lateral meristem
Consisting of the vascular cambium and the cork cambium, it produces the secondary tissues which make up the secondary plant body.
lateral meristem Meristems that give rise to secondary tissues, typically by the formation of radial files of cells and thereby increasing the diameter and circumference of an axis over time; the vascular cambium and cork cambium.
cambium A lateral meristem in plants. Types of cambiums include vascular, cork, and intercalary.
The vascular cambium is a lateral meristem: The vascular cambium is the source of both the secondary xylem (inwards, towards the pith) and the secondary phloem (outwards), and is located between these tissues in the stem and root.
vascular cambium A layer of lateral meristematic tissue between the xylem and phloem in the stems of woody plants. Lateral meristem tissue in plants that produces secondary growth.
derived from the cambium of the or other lateral meristem
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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 See also: Lateral, Tissue, Meristem, Cells, Plant
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