periderm etymology

English word periderm comes from English peri- (Around or surrounding:. Near:.), English -derm (Skin or covering.)

Detailed word origin of periderm

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
peri- English (eng) Around or surrounding:. Near:.
-derm English (eng) Skin or covering.
periderm English (eng) (botany) The outer layer of plant tissue comprising the phellem, phellogen and the phelloderm.. (zoology) The perisarc; the hard outer layer of hydroids and other marine animals.

Words with the same origin as periderm

Descendants of peri-
endoperitrophic perianth peribacteroid pericapsidic pericapsular pericardial pericardiocentesis perichondral pericyte peridural perigalactic perihydro perilimbal perimortem perimuscular perineural perinodal periparturient periprosthetic periscope perisplenic perithreshold perithymic periventricular περικοπή
Descendants of -derm
arthroderm blastoderm blastodermal blastodermic cytoderm ectoderm endoderm entoderm hypoderm malacoderm megaderm mesoderm osteoderm placoderm preblastodermal protoderm sarcoderm stenoderm xanthoderm