water pore

2 definitions found

water pore - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Water pore \Wa"ter pore`\,
     1. (Zool.) A pore by which the water tubes of various
        invertebrates open externally.
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     2. (Bot.) One of certain minute pores in the leaves of some
        plants. They are without true guardian cells, but in other
        respects closely resemble ordinary stomata. --Goodale.
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water pore - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  water pore
      n 1: a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf
           of higher plants [syn: hydathode, water pore, water stoma
           ]