Lī'ber, n.

Lī'ber, n. [Lat. 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, &c.

Liber-cells, or fiber, the elongated woody cells found in the liber.