In plants, growth produced by vascular and cork cambia, contributing to an increase in girth. (Contrast with primary growth.)
Lateral growth resulting from cell divisions in the cambium leading to increased girth of stems.
new cells and tissues derived from secondary meristems, such as secondary xylem and phloem, leading to an increase in girth.
growth in width initiated and maintained by the vascular cambium and cork cambium
The increase in girth of the stems and roots of many plants, especially woody, perennial dicots.
growth in plant breadth due to lateral meristem in the stem or root
Cells in a plant that are produced by a cambium. Increase in girth of a plant due to the action of lateral meristems such as the vascular cambium. The main cell produced in secondary growth is secondary xylem, better known as wood. PICTURE 1 | PICTURE 2 | PICTURE 3
Growth in a plant which does not occur at the tips of the stems or roots. Secondary growth produces wood and bark in seed plants.
Secondary growth is plant growth that does not occur at the tips of the stems or the tip of the roots. In seed plants, secondary growth produces bark and wood.
In many vascular plants, secondary growth is the result of the activity of the vascular cambium. The latter is a meristem that divides to produce secondary xylem cells on the inside of the meristem (the adaxial side) and secondary phloem cells on the outside (the abaxial side). This growth increases the girth of the plant root or stem, rather than its length, hence the phrase "secondary thickening".
