secondary growth -- Growth in a plant which does not occur at the tips of the stems or roots. Secondary growth produces wood and bark in seed plants.
secondary growth Cells in a plant that are produced by a cambium. Increase in girth of a plant due to the action of lateral meristems such as the vascular cambium.
secondary growth
The increase in girth of the stems and roots of many plants, especially woody, perennial dicots.
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All roots have primary growth or growth in length. Roots of many vascular plants, especially dicots and gymnosperms, often undergo secondary growth, which is an increase in diameter.
Secondary growth is produced by a cambium. It occurs in rows or ranks of cork, secondary xylem or secondary phloem cells. Cork cells (produced by a cork cambium) are technically part of the epidermis, and contribute to the bark of woody stems.
secondary growth Growth derived from secondary or lateral meristems, the vascular and cork cambiums; secondary growth results in an increase in diameter or circumference; contrasted with primary growth, which results in an increase in length.
Metabolome Metamorphosis, insect Metaphase[in mitosis] [in meiosis I] MetastasisA secondary growth of malignant (cancer) cells away from the site of the primary tumor.
cambium - a thin formative layer between the xylem and phloem of most vascular plants that gives rise to new cells and is responsible for secondary growth (Merriam-Webster) ...
 See also: Plant, Cells, Tissue, Roots, Trans
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