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Definition of Lenticel
1. Noun. One of many raised pores on the stems of woody plants that allow the interchange of gas between the atmosphere and the interior tissue.
Definition of Lenticel
1. n. One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth.
Definition of Lenticel
1. Noun. One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth. ¹
2. Noun. A small, lens-shaped gland on the under side of some leaves. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lenticel
1. a mass of cells on a plant stem [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lenticel
1. A loosely-packed mass of cells in the bark of a woody plant, visible on the surface of a stem as a raised powdery spot, through which gaseous exchange occurs. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lenticel
Literary usage of Lenticel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger (1889)
"In this way is produced the cortical pore, or lenticel. If a twig is examined
with the naked eye, the lenticels appear as grooves, surrounded by two ..."
2. An Introduction to Vegetable Physiology by Joseph Reynolds Green (1907)
"During the winter a layer of cork is formed below the lenticel. In the corky
cell-wall the cutin is frequently associated with a certain amount of lignin. ..."
3. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"A lenticel, belonging to a persistent periderm which increases successively in
circumference with the growth in thickness of the shoot, behaves differently ..."
4. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1906)
"The mature lenticel agrees with the second of the types described by ... In some
cases, however, a lenticel contains a few scattered stone cells (fig. ..."
5. Pamphlets on Silviculture (1918)
"210-219) has used the name "tan disease" for lenticel hypertrophy on roots and
stems of fruit trees. His use of the term "disease" appears justified in view ..."
6. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1888)
"Also, the same as lenticel. li. mari'na. (L. marinas, belonging to the ...
Also, in Botany, a synonym of lenticel. Ii. nu clou». See Nucleus, lenticular. ..."
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