Definition of Companion cell

1. Noun. (context: botany) A specific type of parenchyma cell located in the phloem that assists the sieve-tube cell in its function. ¹

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Medical Definition of Companion cell

1. Relatively small plant cell, with little or no vacuole, found adjacent to a phloem sieve tube and originating with the latter from a common mother cell. Thought to be involved in translocation of sugars in and out of the sieve tube. (05 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Companion Cell

compander
companders
companding
compandings
compandor
compandors
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compane
companiable
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companies
companion
companion animal
companion artery to sciatic nerve
companion cell (current term)
companion ladder
companion ladders
companion lymph nodes of accessory nerve
companion vein
companionability
companionable
companionableness
companionably
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companionate marriage
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companionless
companionlessness

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