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Webster 1913 Edition
Mesophloeum
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Mesˊo-phlœ′um
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
μέσοσ
middle + φλοιόσ
bark.] (Bot.)
The middle bark of a tree; the green layer of bark, usually soon covered by the outer or corky layer, and obliterated.