The layer of meristematic cells from which phellem is formed; the cork cambium.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Alfred Bennett (1833–1902), botanist and publisher. From German Phellogen from phello- (in Phelloderma) + -gen.
Definition of phellogen in US English:
phellogen
noun
Botany
The layer of meristematic cells from which phellem is formed; the cork cambium.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Alfred Bennett (1833–1902), botanist and publisher. From German Phellogen from phello- (in Phelloderma) + -gen.