corticaladj.
/ˈkɔːtɪkəl/ 1.
a. Botany. Belonging to the cortex or external part of some member or organ of a plant, as the bark, the rind of a fruit, etc.; spec. belonging to or forming the cortex or outer part of the fundamental tissue. (Opposed to medullary.)
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the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [adjective] > of layers of tissue and stoma
cortical1672
cuticular1830
hypodermal1854
stomatiferous1866
dermal1874
peristomatic1874
tapetal1882
thick-skinned1884
1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. ii. 37 Of the Root..The next Part is the Cortical Body;..or that which is sometimes called the Barque.
1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. iv. App. 125 Cortical Thorns are such as those of the Rasberry Bush, being not..propagated from the Lignous Body, but..wholly from the Cortical and Skin.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 331 This thallus is formed of a cortical and medullary layer.
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 520 Nägeli has called this external limiting zone of the bast-layer the cortical sheath, a term corresponding to medullary sheath, used for the internal boundary of the wood.
b. Anatomy and Zoology. Belonging to or forming the superficial part or investment of an animal body or organ; esp. of the brain, the kidneys, the teeth, the hair. (Opposed to medullary.)
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the world > life > the body > part of body > [adjective] > cortical
cortical1677
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [adjective] > outer covering
thick-skinned1545
investing1615
vaginal1653
sheathed1664
cortical1677
vaginated1770
vaginate1777
tegumental1822
tegumentary1828
calycine1872
walled1875
tunicary1900
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 302 Assigning the cortical part for generating Spirits, and the seat of Memory.
1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 160 The cortical Substance at the Base of the Grinders is thinner than in any other Teeth.
1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. i. 7 The Nerves arise from the medullary, not the cortical Part.
1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. i. ii. §87 In the Cerebrum they [the Nerve-cells] are spread-out on the surface, forming an external or cortical layer.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 23 The central part of the hair, or pith, is less dense than its rind, or cortical substance.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adjective] > of external aspect opposed to internal
extern1537
without doora1616
cortical1685
1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica 198 The Cortical or literal sense is..most obvious.
1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 136 The literal and cortical Meaning and Use, may be fitted to elementary and initiating persons.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits viii. 141 The spleen will hereafter..I anticipate..be found to be cortical and caducous.
Derivatives
ˈcortically adv. in relation to, in or upon, the cortex or external part.
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the world > life > the body > part of body > [adverb] > external part
cortically1870
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [adverb] > outer covering
cortically1870
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 256 Cortically placed granules.
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