lenticel
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0000031
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: 皮目 (Japanese)
- exact: lenticela (Spanish)
- Definition
- A portion of ground tissue composed of a loosely-packed mass of cork cells occurring especially in the young stem, bark or even leaf of a plant, visible on the surface as a raised, often powdery-appearing spot. [source: ISBN:0471245208]
- Comment
- Gas can be exchanged through the lenticel.
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