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cam·bi·um

 (kăm′bē-əm)
n. pl. cam·bi·ums or cam·bi·a (-bē-ə)
A lateral meristem in vascular plants, including the vascular cambium and cork cambium, that forms parallel rows of cells resulting in secondary tissues.
[Medieval Latin, exchange, from Late Latin cambīre, cambiāre, to exchange, of Celtic origin.]
cam′bi·al adj.
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Adj.1.cambial - of or relating to or functioning as a cambium
phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants
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These climatic stress factors induce a cambial dormancy in trees and, consequently, growth zones in the wood (WORBES, 1995).
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Cambial growth dynamics and climatic control of different tree life forms in tropical mountain forest in Ethiopia, Trees--Structure and Function 25: 59-70.
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In other cases the injured trunks were hydrated and oozed moisture when shallow cuts were made into the trunk to examine the status of the phloem and cambial (regenerative) tissues immediately beneath the bark.
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Cambial variant development in Serjania meridionalis (Sapindaceae, Paullinieae)
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Larvae feed in the cambial region creating distinctive meandering galleries, and adults leave D-shaped holes about 5 mm wide on the bark surface as they exit trees (Haack & Acciavatti 1992).
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