noun
- the primary meristematic tissue in plants that gives rise to the vascular tissues (xylem and phloem)
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The procambium develops into the plant’s vascular system during early growth.
- Botanists study procambium cells to understand how plants form their transport tissues.
- In the stem tip, procambium can be identified between the developing xylem and phloem.
- The procambium is essential for establishing the plant’s water and nutrient transport network.
- During plant development, procambium differentiates into specialized vascular cells.
- Researchers observed procambium activity in the growing shoot apex.