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Definition of Stomate
1. Noun. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass.
Generic synonyms: Aperture
Specialized synonyms: Germ Pore, Hydathode, Water Pore, Water Stoma, Lenticel
Derivative terms: Stomatal, Stomatous
Definition of Stomate
1. n. A stoma.
Definition of Stomate
1. Noun. (archaic) stoma ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stomate
1. a stoma [n -S] - See also: stoma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stomate
Literary usage of Stomate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"The pressure causes the walls that bound the pore or stomate to curve away from
each other, thus causing the stomate to open. This is due to the fact that ..."
2. Gardeners' Magazine of Botany, Horticulture, Floriculture, and Natural Scienceby Thomas Moore, William P Ayres by Thomas Moore, William P Ayres (1850)
"A, a perpendicular slice through a stomate, showing also a few of the loose ...
B, a view of a stomate from above ; the epidermis is composed of oblong ..."
3. Reports on the Progress of Zoology and Botany, 1841, 1842 by Ray Society, Heinrich Friedrich Link (1845)
"3, of the fourth table, exhibits a quite free and a half-veiled stomate; fig.
4 an almost entirely covered stomate. This veil, or rather obstruction to the ..."
4. On the Germination, Development, and Fructification of the Higher by Wilhelm Friedrich Benedict Hofmeister, Frederick Currey (1862)
"This epidermal cell, which closes the air-cavity, forms itself into a stomate.
It divides by a septum perpendicular to the outer surface, as is the case in ..."
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