guard cell

guard cell
Plant cells occurring in pairs in the epidermis, flanking each stoma. Changes in turgor in the guard cells cause the stoma to open and close.

Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.

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  • guard cell — noun Date: 1875 one of the two crescent shaped epidermal cells that border and open and close a plant stoma …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • guard cell — noun Botany each of a pair of curved cells that surround a stoma …   English new terms dictionary

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