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water pore — noun a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants • Syn: ↑hydathode, ↑water stoma • Hypernyms: ↑stoma, ↑stomate, ↑pore * * * noun 1. : a pore by which the … Useful english dictionary
Stoma — For natural and surgically created body openings, see Stoma (medicine). Stoma in a tomato leaf shown via colorized scanning electron microscope image … Wikipedia
stoma — stomal, adj. /stoh meuh/, n., pl. stomata /stoh meuh teuh, stom euh , stoh mah teuh/, stomas. 1. Also, stomate. Bot. any of various small apertures, esp. one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which… … Universalium
stoma — noun a) One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass. b) A small opening in a membrane; a su … Wiktionary
stoma — pl stomata 1. Any of various small openings or pores in an animal body, especially an opening resembling a mouth in various invertebrates. 2. A pore in the epidermis of the leaf or stem of a plant, which allows the exchange of gases, including… … Glossary of Biotechnology
stomate — noun a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass • Syn: ↑stoma, ↑pore • Derivationally related forms: ↑stomatous (for: ↑stoma), ↑stomatal (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
hydathode — noun a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants • Syn: ↑water pore, ↑water stoma • Hypernyms: ↑stoma, ↑stomate, ↑pore … Useful english dictionary
hydrostome — n. [Gr. hydor, water; stoma, mouth] (CNIDARIA: Hydrozoa) The mouth of a polyp … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Epidermis (botany) — Cross section of a flax plant stem: 1. Pith, 2. Protoxylem, 3. Xylem I, 4. Phloem I, 5. Sclerenchyma (bast fibre), 6. Cortex, 7. Epidermis The epidermis is a single layered group of cells that covers plants … Wikipedia
Leaf — For other uses, see Leaf (disambiguation). The leaves of a Beech tree … Wikipedia
