cistomen.
/ˈsɪstəʊm/ Botany.
A prolongation of the cuticle over the surfaces of the stomatal cleft.
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1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 147 Gasparrini states that beneath the stomates of the stem of certain Indian Thistles..there is situated a vesicular organ which he terms Cistome.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. i. 41 To this prolongation of the cuticle, which Gasparrini first described..he gave the name of Cistome.
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n.1835- disconsolation
- disconsolations
- disconsolatory
- disconsonancy
- disconsonant
- disconsort
- disconsorted
- discontent
- discontentation
- discontented
- discontentedly
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- discontentee
- discontentful
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- discontentment
- discontentments
- discontents
- discontigue
- discontiguity
- discontiguous
- discontinuable
- discontinual