: a layer of usually suberized cells produced outwardly by a phellogen
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Why not a glorious shoe crafted from the phellem layer of tree-bark tissue?
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Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 12 May 2022
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Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 12 May 2022
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“Phellem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phellem. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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