Usually means: Growth parallel to surface curvature.
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  1. periclinal: Merriam-Webster
  2. periclinal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. periclinal: Collins English Dictionary
  4. periclinal: Wordnik
  5. periclinal: Wiktionary
  6. Periclinal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. periclinal: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  8. periclinal: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. periclinal: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (periclinal)

adjective:  (biology) Parallel to the surface of an organ.
adjective:  (botany) Of a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs parallel to an adjacent layer of cells.

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