WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sieve′ cell′, [Bot.]
- Botanyan elongated cell whose walls contain perforations (sieve′ pores′) that are arranged in circumscribed areas (sieve′ plates′) and that afford communication with similar adjacent cells.
- 1870–75
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