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sieve cell
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noun Botany.
an elongated cell whose walls contain perforations (sieve pores ) that are arranged in circumscribed areas (sieve plates ) and that afford communication with similar adjacent cells.
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Origin of sieve cell
First recorded in 1870–75
Words nearby sieve cell
Sierra Vista, sies, siesta, sieva bean, sieve, sieve cell, sieve graft, sieve of Eratosthenes, Sievers, sievert, sieve tube
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Scientific definitions for sieve cell
sieve cell
[ sĭv ]
An elongated, food-conducting cell in phloem characteristic of gymnosperms. Sieve cells have pores through which nutrients flow from cell to cell, but they have no sieve plates like the more specialized sieve-tube elements of angiosperms. Compare sieve-tube element.
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