medullary ray
Botany
noun
Each of the sheets of tissue in the stem of a dicotyledonous plant that extend radially from the pith to the cortex between the vascular bundles (also called primary ray); (formerly also) †a secondary ray, in the secondary vascular tissue of a plant ( obsolete ).
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Patrick Keith (1769–1840).
- violatory
- violaxanthin
- viol da gamba
- viol da gambist
- violence
- violencing
- violency
- violent
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- go one's separate ways
- go one's way
- gooney bird
- go on fire
- go on one's merry way
- go on (to) the offensive (or take the offensive)
- goony bird
- goop
- goopiness
- goopy
- go (or appeal) to the country
- go (or be) bananas
- go (or be) easy on
- go (or be) under the knife
- go (or come) to post
- go (or come) with the territory