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Definition of: endodermis
(en′dō·dûr′mis) noun Bot.
A sheath of one or more layers of modified parenchymatous cells between the cortex and the central zone of the stem or root in plants: also spelled entoderm. [<ENDODERM, on analogy with epidermis]
—en′do·der′mal, en′do·der′mic adjective
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