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pneumatodes

pneumatodes is the plural of pneumatode.

Meaning of pneumatode

Noun

pneumatode (plural pneumatodes)

  1. A group of cells with spiral secondary wall thickenings, present in a velamen; acts as an airway for gas exchange for respiration or photosynthesis
  2. A group of cells presumed to be specialised as an airway for ventilation of particular tissues.
    • The roots of palms are characterised by pneumatodes on both underground and aerial roots. These have been supposed to ventilate the underground roots, but direct physiological evidence for this is lacking.2015, R. H. V. Corley, P. B. H. Tinker, The Oil Palm, Wiley, →ISBN, page 144

Questions about pneumatodes

What is pneumatodes the plural of?
Pneumatodes is the plural of pneumatode.

Words near pneumatodes in the dictionary

  1. pneumatocratic
  2. pneumatocyst
  3. pneumatocystic
  4. pneumatocysts
  5. pneumatode
  6. pneumatodes
  7. pneumatogram
  8. pneumatograms
  9. pneumatograph
  10. pneumatographic
  11. pneumatographs

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