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What is a cambium?

What is a cambium? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (botany) A layer of cells between the xylem and the phloem that is responsible for the secondary growth of roots and stems.
  2. (obsolete) One of the humours formerly believed to nourish the bodily organs.
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The vascular cambium is a cylindrical region running through the entire stem of the plant, and branching into every twig and limb.
A bifacial vascular cambium forming manoxylic secondary wood is also present.
Secondary phloem fibres develop from the vascular cambium although secondary vascular growth remains limited.
It also may provide protected chewing access for small rodents and other animals, which can severely injure the bark and cambium.
If you girdle the base of the tree exposing the cambium layer, the tree will die.
The primary vascular system consists of a eustele and a bifacial vascular cambium.

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