plant fiber cell

Term Information

Accession
PO:0025407
Aspect
plant anatomy
Synonyms
exact: célula fibrosa vegetal (Spanish)
exact: plant fiber
exact: 植物繊維細胞 (Japanese)
broad: fiber
broad: fiber cell
Definition
A sclerenchyma cell (PO:0000077) that is elongated and tapering. [source: ISBN:0471245208]
Comment
May or may not have lignin in the secondary cell wall (GO:0009531) or a living protoplast at maturity. It may be difficult to distinguish fiber cells from tracheary elements (PO:0000290). Compare with sclerid cells (PO:0025418), which are usually not elongated.

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