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STOMATE

• STOMATE (noun)
The noun STOMATE has 1 sense:

1. a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass

Familiarity information: STOMATE used as a noun is very rare.

• STOMATE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

stoma; stomate; pore

Hypernyms ("stomate" is a kind of...):

aperture (a natural opening in something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stomate"):

germ pore (a pore in the outer wall of a spore or pollen grain through which the germ tube or pollen tube makes its exit on germination)

hydathode; water pore; water stoma (a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants)

lenticel (one of many raised pores on the stems of woody plants that allow the interchange of gas between the atmosphere and the interior tissue)

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Useful links:
Pronunciation of aperture
Meaning of germ pore
Meaning of hydathode
Meaning of water pore
Meaning of water stoma

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