spheroblast

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noun

A wood-ball on the beech and other trees, from a dormant eye, disconnected from its vascular bundles.

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Meanings

nounspheroblast (plural spheroblasts)

plural spheroblasts

  1. biologyA wood-ball on the beech and other trees, from a dormant eye, disconnected from its vascular bundles.

Origin

From sphero- + -blast.

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APA

spheroblast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spheroblast

MLA

“spheroblast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spheroblast. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spheroblast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spheroblast.

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