first-year of growth (actual diameter of about 3 mm). rows of large pink cells in the centre - these are the xylem cells that make-up the wood. the xylem is the bark (stem cortex) and inside the xylem is the pith (stem medulla). traversed by rays of parenchyma cells, like radial spokes (stained green).
verity noun. âº [U] the âquality of being âtrue: In the âfilm, he âplays a âspy whose âmission is to âconfirm the verity of a âsecret âmilitary âdocument. âº [C] a âbelief, âidea, or âprinciple that is âgenerally âaccepted as being âtrue: She has âspent her âlife in a âsearch for âeternal/âscientific/âuniversal verities.
Definition of PICEA. : a genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (family Pinaceae) having acicular leaves that are keeled on both surfaces and borne individually on persistent peg-shaped bases and cones that become pendulous and have reflexed scales â see spruce.ew Latin, from Latin, pitch pine, from pic-, pix pitch. This word doesn't usually appear in our free dictionary, but the definition from our premium Unabridged Dictionary is offered here on a limited basis. Note that some information is displayed differently in the Unabridged.