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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Liber \Li"ber\ (l[imac]"b[~e]r), noun [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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