canal
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0025132
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- related: channel
- narrow: colpi
- narrow: colpus
- narrow: fossula
- narrow: fossulae
- narrow: furrow
- narrow: groove
- narrow: sulci
- narrow: sulcus
- narrow: vallecula
- narrow: valleculae
- exact: canal (Spanish)
- exact: 溝 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A plant anatomical space (PO:0025117) that is either a groove on the surface, or a tube in the interior of a plant structure (PO:0009011). [source: POC:curators]
- Comment
- May be cylindrical (PATO:0001203) in shape, with a circular, D-shaped or other irregularly-shaped cross-section.
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