| 单词 | secondary growth |
| 释义 | secondary growthnoun Botany.an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium. Words nearby secondary growthsecondary follicle, secondary gain, secondary glaucoma, secondary gout, secondary group, secondary growth, secondary hemochromatosis, secondary hemorrhage, secondary infection, secondary intention, secondary lysosome Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Scientific definitions for secondary growthsecondary growth Growth in vascular plants resulting from the production of layers of secondary tissue by a lateral meristem (the cork cambium or the vascular cambium). The new tissue accumulates and results in thicker branches and stems. Secondary growth occurs in gymnosperms, most eudicots, and woody magnoliids (such as the magnolia). Most monocots and herbaceous plants undergo little or no secondary growth but simply stop growing when their primary tissues mature. Compare primary growth. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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