STOMATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass

Synonyms:

pore; stoma; stomate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("stomate" is a kind of...):

aperture (a natural opening in something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stomate"):

germ pore (a pore in the outer wall of a spore or pollen grain through which the germ tube or pollen tube makes its exit on germination)

hydathode; water pore; water stoma (a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants)

lenticel (one of many raised pores on the stems of woody plants that allow the interchange of gas between the atmosphere and the interior tissue)