▪ I. ‖ liber Bot.
(ˈlaɪbə(r))
[L. liber bark.]
The inner bark of exogens; bast. Also attrib.
| 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Bark, The inner bark or liber. 1797 Encycl. Brit. IX. 603/2 It is the liber, or inner bark, that constitutes the cinnamon. 1857 Henfrey Elem. Bot. §765 The bast..consists of the separate liber-layers of the Lime-tree. 1861 Bentley Man. Bot. 31 The liber⁓cells are among the longest that occur in any of the tissues. 1881 Philad. Rec. No. 3438. 4 Care is necessary to bring the liber of both stock and graft [of the vine] into contact. |
▪ II. [liber
a spurious word in recent Dicts., is evolved from a misprint in Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7, 1875) III. 333 (libers for limbers; in edd. 1–4 the word is given correctly).
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