endodermis
The thin sheath of cells bounding the stele and separating it from the cortex.
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endodermis -- Literally "inner skin", this is a layer of cells which surrounds the central core of vascular tissue, and which helps to regulate the flow of water and dissolved substances.
Endodermis - In plant roots the inner layer of the cortex and forms a one cell thick boundary between the cortex and the stele.
endodermis A layer of cells in roots between the cortex and the vascular tissues.
endosperm The nutritive tissue within the seed of a flowering plant. Surrounds and is absorbed by the embryo.
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