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- Ancient Greek · derived fromῥυτίδωμα“wrinkle”
- English todayrhytidome
From Ancient Greek ῥυτίδωμα (rhutídōma, “wrinkle”), from ῥυτιδόω (rhutidóō, “to wrinkle”), from ῥυτίς (rhutís, “wrinkle”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
rhytidome
Today it means: The dead layers of plant bark (undergoing or having undergone secondary growth) external to that of the last formed periderm http://i.word.com/idictionary/rhytidome. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ῥυτίδωμα