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<botany> The inner bark of plants, lying next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is, therefore, the part from which the fibre of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc. Liber cells, elongated woody cells found in the liber.
Origin: L. See Libel.
(01 Mar 1998)
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