hypoderma

hypoderma has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma.
• n.. An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.
• n.. in some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies