mericlinal

adjective

mer·​i·​cli·​nal

¦merə¦klīnᵊl

variants or mericlinous

-nəs

of a plant chimera

: incompletely periclinal : having tissue of one kind incompletely surrounded by tissue of another kind

Word History

Etymology

meri- + -clinal, -clinous

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