rhytidome noun.
['rɪtɪdǝʊm] L19.[mod. Latin rhytidoma from Greek rhutidōma, from rhutidoun to wrinkle, from rhutid-, rhutis a wrinkle.]Botany. The dead outer part of bark, composed of layers of periderm, phloem, and cortex.
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