medullary-sheath

medullary sheath

noun
1.
Botany. a narrow zone made up of the innermost layer of woody tissue immediately surrounding the pith in plants.
2.
Anatomy, myelin sheath.

Origin:
1840–50

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medullary sheath
 
n
1.  anatomy a myelin layer surrounding and insulating certain nerve fibres
2.  a layer of thick-walled cells surrounding the pith of the stems of some higher plants

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medullary sheath n.
See myelin sheath.

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