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Lenticel vs Stoma - What's the difference?

lenticel | stoma |

As nouns the difference between lenticel and stoma

is that lenticel is one of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth while stoma is stoma (all senses).

lenticel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth.
  • A small, lens-shaped gland on the under side of some leaves.
    • (Webster 1913)

    stoma

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia stoma) (en-noun)
  • (botany) One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.
  • A small opening in a membrane; a surgically constructed opening, especially one in the abdominal wall that permits the passage of waste after a colostomy or ileostomy.
  • (zoology) A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode.
  • An artificial anus.

    • Related terms

    * ostomy * -stomy

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