silica cell
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0004009
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: ケイ酸細胞、珪酸細胞 (Japanese)
- exact: célula silícica (Spanish)
- Definition
- Cells with deposits of silica in them. One of the two types of short cells in the epidermis of grasses and bamboos. It is usually paired with epidermal cork cell. [source: ISBN:0471245208]
- Comment
- One of two types of short cells in the epidermis of grasses. If you are annotating to this term, please add an additional annotation to vascular leaf (PO:0009025).
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