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cambia

cambia is the plural of cambium.

Meaning of cambium

Noun

cambium (countable and uncountable, plural cambiums or cambia)

  1. A layer of cells between the xylem and the phloem that is responsible for the secondary growth of roots and stems.
    • During winter we perceive no change in the cells of the cambium layer, which are filled with nutritive matter […].1863, Harland Coultas, What may be learned from a tree
  2. Periosteum, a membrane that covers the outer surface of bones
  3. (obsolete) One of the humours formerly believed to nourish the bodily organs.
    • The radical or innate is daily supplied by nourishment, which some call cambium, and make those secondary humours of ros and gluten to maintain it […], Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.147

Phrases with cambia

Questions about cambia

What is cambia the plural of?
Cambia is the plural of cambium.

Words near cambia in the dictionary

  1. Camberwell beauty
  2. Camberwell carrot
  3. Camberwell carrots
  4. Camberwell Green
  5. Cambewarra Village
  6. cambia
  7. cambial
  8. cambialistic
  9. cambiata
  10. cambiatas
  11. cambic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cambia (page history and authors); cambium (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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