Garden Dictionary Word: cortex

cortex

1. In rhizomes and other axes, the tissue between the stele and the epidermis. 2. In lichens, the outermost layer of the thallus. 3. In seaweeds and fungi, the tissue external to the central tissue of longitudinal cells.

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