Meaning of lenticel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth.
2. A small, lens-shaped gland on the underside of some leaves.

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Examples

“He raises his binocular telescope, bringing the birches near the shoreline into sharp relief, the eye-shaped lenticels in the pale bark seeming to stare⟳ back at him, as if following the train’s progress⟳.”

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