NOUN
- one of many raised pores on the stems of woody plants that allow the interchange of gas between the atmosphere and the interior tissue
How To Use lenticel In A Sentence
- Finally, long-term morphological changes are induced, such as the formation of lenticels and aerenchyma to improve the oxygen permeability of the tissue.
- Corks are deliberately punched at right angles to the growth of the cork tree, so that any lenticels, occasional knots in the wood, remain transverse and the risk of possible leakage due to lenticels is minimized.
- This tissue probably aided photosynthetic gas exchange much like the lenticels of modern trees.
- P occidentalis can develop adventitious roots and lenticels in response to flooding; however it appears to require aerated soils during the growing season.
- Hill watched the clock hands until two minutes remained; then he opened the book of answers, and, with hot ears and an affectation of ease, gave his drawing of the lenticel its name. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
- Root bases were attached to the stem over cavities prepared by removing lenticels and discs of cork and secondary cortex beneath.
- Both root system and trunk have lenticels (gas exchange pores) and aerenchyma (interconnected air-filled spaces), the former features comprising up to 51% of the volume of some mangrove roots.
- It was a lenticel, a characteristic preparation from the elder-tree. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
