subsidiary cell
Americannoun
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subsidiary cells
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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 /
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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.
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Also called accessory cell
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