len|ti|cel

len|ti|cel
len|ti|cel «LEHN tuh SEHL», noun.
Botany. a usually lens-shaped body of cells formed in the corky layer of bark, which serves as a pore for the exchange of gases between the plant and the atmosphere.
[< French lenticelle, or New Latin lenticella (diminutive) < Latin lēns, lentis lentil (because of its shape)]

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