Medullary-sheath
noun
1.
Botany. a narrow zone made up of the innermost layer of woody tissue immediately surrounding the pith in plants.
2.
Anatomy. .
noun
1.
(anatomy) a myelin layer surrounding and insulating certain nerve fibres
2.
a layer of thick-walled cells surrounding the pith of the stems of some higher plants
medullary sheath n.
See myelin sheath.
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