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stomates

/ˈstoʊmeɪts/ /ˈstɒmeɪts/

Meanings
noun
Stoma

Examples :

"The plant's stomates opened to allow carbon dioxide in for photosynthesis. "
biology plant physiology organ structure

Related Words

Illustration photosynthesis

photosynthesis noun

/ˌfəʊ.təʊ.ˈsɪn.θə.sɪs/ /ˌfoʊ.toʊ.ˈsɪn.θə.sɪs/

Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy,

"Plants use photosynthesis to make their own food from sunlight, water, and air. "

Illustration carbon

carbon noun

/ˈkɑɹbən/

The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.

"The pencil's lead is made of carbon. "

Illustration dioxide

dioxide noun

/daɪˈɒksaɪd/

Any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule.

"The chemistry experiment showed that carbon dioxide, a gas we exhale, contains two oxygen atoms for every carbon atom. "

Illustration opened

opened verb

/ˈəʊpənd/ /ˈoʊpənd/

To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.

"Turn the doorknob to open the door."

Illustration to

to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

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for preposition

/fɔːr/

During the period of.

"He worked for three years."

Illustration s

s noun

/ɛs/

A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).

"The antique scale was so sensitive that it could measure the weight difference between two samples that differed by just one s. "

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in noun

/ɪn/ /ən/ /ɘn/

A position of power or influence, or a way to get it.

"His parents got him an in with the company."

Illustration the

the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration allow

allow verb

/əˈlaʊ/

To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.

"to allow a servant his liberty;  to allow a free passage;  to allow one day for rest"

Illustration stoma

stoma noun

/ˈstəʊmə/ /ˈstoʊmə/

One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.

"The plant's leaves had many visible stoma, allowing them to take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen. "

Illustration plant

plant noun

/plænt/ /plɑːnt/

An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.

"The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border."