(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:08:37

Mes`o*phel"um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. middle + bark.] Bot.

The middle bark of a tree; the green layer of bark, usually soon covered by the outer or corky layer, and obliterated.

 

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