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noun

Stoma n. (pl. stomata)

(Anat.) One of the minute apertures between the cells in many serous membranes.

(Bot.)

(a)

The minute breathing pores of leaves or other organs opening into the intercellular spaces, and usually bordered by two contractile cells.

(b)

The line of dehiscence of the sporangium of a fern. It is usually marked by two transversely elongated cells.

(Zool.) A stigma. See Stigma, n., 6 (a) & (b).

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Etymology of 'Stoma'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Stoma" Quotes from Famous Books

... that we know all but nothing of her from external sources. "The lilies of Anyte" stand at the head of the list of poets in the /Garland/ of Meleager; and Antipater of Thessalonica in a catalogue of poetesses (/Anth. Pal./ ix. 26) speaks of {Anutes stoma thelun Omeron}. The only epigram which gives any clue to her date is one on the death of three Milesian girls in a Gaulish invasion, probably that of B.C. 279; but this is headed "Anyte of Mitylene," ...

— Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology • J. W. Mackail

... and principal part of the Jyotishtoma, one of the great sacrifices in which especially the juice of the Soma plant is offered for the purpose of obtaining Swarga or heaven." GOLDSTUeCKER'S DICTIONARY. "The Agnishtoma is Agni. It is called so because they (the gods) praised him with this Stoma. They called it so to hide the proper meaning of the word: for the gods like to hide the proper meaning ...

— The Ramayana • VALMIKI

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