diploe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The thin layer of soft, spongy, or cancellate tissue between the bone plates which constitute the skull.
Synonym of mesophyll.

/ˈdɪp.loʊˌi/

diploe diploes diploë

From Ancient Greek διπλόη (diplóē, “literally, a fold”), noun use of feminine of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”).

pith mesophyll

diploetic diploic diploid diploidy

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