leaf gap
noun Botany.
(in the stele of vascular plants) a break in the tissue of a stem around a leaf trace.
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Words nearby leaf gap
leaf-cutting ant, leaf-cutting bee, leafed, leaf fat, leaf-footed bug, leaf gap, leafhopper, leaf insect, leaf lard, leaflet, leafleteer
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British Dictionary definitions for leaf gap
leaf gap
noun
botany a region of parenchyma cells in the vascular tissue of flowering plants and some ferns, situated above a leaf trace
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