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subsidiary cell

American

noun

accessory cell.
a type of epidermal cell in plants, located next to a guard cell in a leaf's stoma.

subsidiary cell Scientific

/ səb-sĭd′ē-ĕr′ē /

A plant epidermal cell that is located next to a guard cell in the stoma of a leaf and differs in structure from other epidermal cells.
Also called accessory cell

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Inflected Forms

noun

subsidiary cells

plural

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