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Definition of Idioblast
1. n. An individual cell, differing greatly from its neighbours in regard to size, structure, or contents.
Definition of Idioblast
1. Noun. (botany) An isolated specialised cell found in the midst of an otherwise homogeneous group of cells in plant tissue. ¹
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Definition of Idioblast
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Medical Definition of Idioblast
1. Plant cells containing oil, gum, calcium, or other products, and appearing to help provide mechanical support. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Idioblast
Literary usage of Idioblast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the North American Gymnosperms: Exclusive of the Cycadales But by David Pearce Penhallow (1907)
"The idioblast is situated in the line of one of the radial rows of tracheids,
the continuity of which it interrupts. It is usually much larger than the ..."
2. The Nomenclature of Petrology: With References to Selected Literature by Arthur Holmes (1920)
"A term applied to pseudo- idiomorphic crystals, such as garnet, occurring in
metamorphic rocks. An idioblast may be high in the ..."
3. Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physical by Julius Sachs (1882)
"In the third group this takes place to a remarkable extent, this kind of idioblast
being distinguished not only by its contents and the form of its ..."
4. Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1914)
"E, a portion of an idioblast, with thick, porous walls, from the pith of Fumaria
muralis. F to H, idioblasts in Parnassia palustris: F, portion of epidermis ..."
5. Applied and Economic Botany for Students in Technical and Agricultural by Henry Kraemer (1916)
"... transverse sections, through an idioblast (D), showing the thick, porous walls.
E. a portion of an idioblast, with thick, porous walls, from the pith of ..."
6. A History of European Thought in the Nineteenth Century by John Theodore Merz (1903)
"... the amoeba, or, if you will, the idioblast, the gemmule, the germ-plasma, the
physiological unit. Secondly, the life of the complex society of cells, ..."
7. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1889)
"(A) A stone-cell or idioblast as seen by polarized light, under high powers of
the microscope; found in the fleshy part of the leaf. PLA.TE 2. Fio. ..."
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