Etymology

phellogen

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Today it means: The tissue of young cells that produces the phellem. Full definition →

Ancient Greek φελλός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφελλός“cork”
  2. English todayphellogen

From Ancient Greek φελλός (phellós, “cork”) + -gen.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekφελλός all →

phelloderm

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