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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Liber  \Li"ber\  (l[imac]"b[~e]r),  n.  [L.  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,  etc 
 
  {Liber  cells},  elongated  woody  cells  found  in  the  liber. 

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