lenticelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• lenticella, lenticelle

語源

From New Latin lenticella, diminutive of Latin lēns (“lentil”); compare French lenticelle.

発音

• IPA: /ˈlɛntɪsɛl/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA: /ˈlɛntəsɛl/

名詞

lenticel (plural lenticels)

1. One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth.
   • 2024, Sarah Brooks, The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands, Wiedenfeld & Nicolson, page 89:

     He raises his binocular telescope, bringing the birches near the shoreline into sharp relief, the eye-shaped lenticels in the pale bark seeming to stare back at him, as if following the train’s progress.

2. A small, lens-shaped gland on the underside of some leaves.

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• lenticle