rhytidome
/ˈrɪtɪdəʊm/(also rhitidome) Botany
noun
In a stem or root: the outer part of the bark, composed of the periderm and the layers of dead tissue exterior to this.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in American Journal Pharmacy. From scientific Latin rhytidoma, probably from Greek ῥυτίδωμα wrinkle, in scholia (medieval Greek or earlier) on Aristophanes Plutus 1052, 1066 from ancient Greek ῥυτιδοῦν to make wrinkled, shrivel up + -μα.
- the (great) unwashed
- the green-eyed monster
- the Greensand
- the Grenadines
- the Grim Reaper
- the groves of Academe
- the Gulf
- the half of it
- the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
- the Hanse
- the hard way
- the heavens open
- the heavy mob
- the Herdsman
- the high ground
- the Highlands
- the Holy City
- the Holy Grail
- the Holy Sacrament
- the Holy Trinity
- the Horn
- the House
- the Household
- the how and why
- the Hun