Definitions for stomata

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stomata sto·ma·ta

Spelling: [stoh-muh-tuh, stom-uh<

IPA: /ˈstoʊ mə tə, ˈstɒm ə-, stoʊˈmɑ tə/

Stomata is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 119 anagrams from letters in stomata (aamostt).

Definitions for stomata

noun

1. a plural of stoma.
2. Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
3. Zoology. a mouth or ingestive opening, especially when in the form of a small or simple aperture.
4. Medicine/Medical. an artificial opening between two hollow organs or between one hollow organ and the outside of the body, constructed to permit the passage of body fluids or waste products.

Origin of stomata

1675-85; New Latin Greek stóma mouth

Examples for stomata

Nardus has some of the bands devoid of stomata, but abounding in short cells, whereas others (above) have stomata throughout.

They are green and lustrous above and silver white below, the whiteness due to stomata on their undersides.

This difference may be accounted for by the closure of the stomata at night.

The rate of this current is an index of the degree to which the stomata are open.

There are other methods of demonstrating the movements of the stomata.

Why are the stomata, or pores of leaves, generally placed on their under surface?

Small portion of epidermis of the lower face of a White-Lily leaf, with stomata.

All tree leaves have stomata, but all are not arranged in the same way and are not visible alike.

stomata on flanks of ridges only, and few motor-cells between (Fig. 23).

stomata very few, flanking the ridge; motor-cells in the furrows, poorly developed (Fig. 28).