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ASTOMATAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does astomatal mean?
• ASTOMATAL (adjective)
The adjective ASTOMATAL has 1 sense:
1. lacking a stoma or stomata
Familiarity information: ASTOMATAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking a stoma or stomata
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Antonym:
stomatal (relating to or constituting plant stomata)
Pertainym:
stoma (a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass)
Derivation:
stoma (a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass)
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