EPIBLEM A

(Lat.), n. n. E2p-i2-ble(bla)'ma3. Gen., epiblem'- atos (-is). From eiri, upon, and /3Aj/u.a, a wound. Fr., epibleme. 1. See CATABLEMA. 2. In botany, the external, cellular covering of roots. 3. Of R. Brown, a genus of orchids, tribe Neotteae, indigenous to Australia. [B, 77, 121 (a, 24).] [s. 723]