periclinal (periklinal)

[As pericline + -al.] In bot., running in the same direction as the circumference of a part: said of the direction in which new cell-wall is laid down. per i clinally (per-i-kli'nal-i), adv. In such a manner as to dip on all sides from a central point. IMG:content-2689.png:[blocks in formation] periclinium (per-i-klin'i-um), n.; pl. periclinia (-a). [NL. (ef. Gr. περίκλινον, a couch all round a table, περικλινής, sloping on all sides),