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suber

suber noun: cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of a plant.

Noun

suber (uncountable)

  1. (dated) Cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of a plant.
    • In many trees the suber is very slightly developed. But this is not the case with the Cork-oak (Quercus suber).1869, Louis Figuier, The Vegetable World, page 39

Proper noun capitalized: Suber

Suber

  1. A surname.

Origin of suber

From Latin sūber.

Words formed from suber

Questions about suber

What does suber mean?
Suber means cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of a plant.
What part of speech is suber?
Suber can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near suber in the dictionary

  1. subequatorial
  2. subequatorially
  3. subequidimensional
  4. subequigranular
  5. subequivalve
  6. suber
  7. subera
  8. suberanilohydroxamic acid
  9. suberas
  10. suberate
  11. suberates

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