blea

See also:Blea

English

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Noun

blea(uncountable)

1. The part of atreethat lies immediately under thebark;thealburnumorsapwood.
   • 1814,Benjamin Smith Barton,Elements of Botany:

     Authors differ greatly in opinion concerning the formation of theblea.Linnaeus imagined it was formed by the bark. But it is certain that the whole of the bark does not give birth to the blea[…]

Anagrams

• -able,Abel,Able,Bale,Beal,Ebla,Elba,able,albe,bael,bale,beal