Suberization

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suberization \Su`ber*i*za"tion\, n. (Bot.)
     Conversion of the cell walls into cork tissue by development
     of suberin; -- commonly taking place in exposed tissues, as
     when a callus forms over a wound. Suberized cell walls are
     impervious to water.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]