(from the article `plant development`) ...that the three principal tissues of the rootvascular cylinder, cortex, and epidermisoriginate from three groups of initial cells, or histogens, ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/44
Per'i·blem noun [ Prefix peri- + root of Greek ... to sprout.] (Botany) Nascent cortex, or immature cellular bark. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/54