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Protrude vs Lenticel - What's the difference?

protrude | lenticel |

As a verb protrude

is to extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.

As a noun 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.

protrude

English

Verb

(protrud)
  • To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
  • *
  • Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes .
  • To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
  • (John Locke)
  • To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
  • * Thomson
  • When Spring protrudes the bursting gems.

    Derived terms

    * protrudable * protrudent * protrusible * protrusion

    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)