intercellular space
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0025379
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: 細胞間間隙 (Japanese)
- exact: espacio intercelular (Spanish)
- Definition
- A plant anatomical space that is part of a portion of plant tissue between two or more cells. [source: POC:curators]
- Comment
- Often part of a mesophyll (PO:0006070). This term does not include spaces on the surface of a plant structure, like a stomatal pore (PO:0008032), stomium (PO:0020101), or micropyle (PO:0020025), nor larger cavities or canals that are surrounded by tissue, such as an archegonium neck canal (PO:0030066). May be filled with air or fluid.
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