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Webster 1913 Edition


Liber

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Li′ber

(lī′bẽr)
,
Noun.
[L. See
Libel
.]
(Bot.)
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 fiber of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc.
Liber cells
,
elongated woody cells found in the liber.