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Anatomy of Flowering Plants
Secondary growth – cork cambium and periderm
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Which of the following is made up of dead cells?
Phellem (cork) cells are dead and suberised.
Cork cambium undergoes periclinal division and cuts off thick-walled, suberised, dead cork cells (phellem) towards the outside, and thin-walled living cells, i.e. phelloderm, on the inner side.