CAMBIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cambial mean? 

• CAMBIAL (adjective)
  The adjective CAMBIAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or functioning as a cambium

  Familiarity information: CAMBIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAMBIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or functioning as a cambium

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Pertainym:

cambium (a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth)

Derivation:

cambium (the inner layer of the periosteum)

cambium (a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth)