Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cambium
2 senses of cambium
Sense 1
cambium -- (a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth)
=> vascular tissue -- (tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants)
Sense 2
cambium -- (the inner layer of the periosteum)
=> stratum -- (one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock))