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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