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Dictionary Results for stoma:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
stoma
    n 1: a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which
         gases and water vapor can pass [syn: stoma, stomate,
         pore]
    2: a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by
       surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an
       internal organ)

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stoma \Sto"ma\, n.; pl. Stomata. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a mouth.]
   1. (Anat.) One of the minute apertures between the cells in
      many serous membranes.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Bot.)
      (a) The minute breathing pores of leaves or other organs
          opening into the intercellular spaces, and usually
          bordered by two contractile cells.
      (b) The line of dehiscence of the sporangium of a fern. It
          is usually marked by two transversely elongated cells.
          See Illust. of Sporangium.
          [1913 Webster]

   3. (Zool.) A stigma. See Stigma, n., 6
      (a) &
      (b) .
          [1913 Webster]

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