Definition of Astomatal

1. Adjective. Lacking a stoma or stomata.

Partainyms: Stomatal

Definition of Astomatal

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Astomatal

astigmatometry
astigmia
astigmias
astika
astilbe
astilbes
astipulate
astipulated
astipulates
astipulating
astipulation
astipulations
astir
astir(p)
astochastic
astomatal (current term)
astomatic
astomatous
astomous
astone
astoned
astones
astonie
astonied
astoniedness
astonies
astoning
astonish
astonishable

Literary usage of Astomatal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"If a strip of horn is placed on a dry substance, eg, the astomatal surface of a leaf, it does not move, but on the stomatal surface, it instantly curves ..."

2. The Physiology of Stomata by Francis Ernest Lloyd (1908)
"... that the amount of water-vapor passed off from the stomatal surface of a leaf is greater than that from the astomatal, and that large differences in the ..."

3. A Laboratory Course in Plant Physiology by William Francis Ganong (1908)
"... which has the advantage of caking off readily in cold water; also as a control cover half of the astomatal surface of another leaf with the same mixture ..."

4. Botanisches Zentralblatt: Referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik by Botanischer Verein in München, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Berlin (1898)
"If a strip of horn is placed on a dry substance, eg, the astomatal surface of a leaf it does not move, but on the stomatal surface, it instantly curves ..."

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