angusticanaliculate

adjective

Having a pore system in which pores are approximately 10μm in diameter and are straight, unbranching and long, with a low pore density.

OriginLatin angustus →
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Meanings

adjectiveangusticanaliculate (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyHaving a pore system in which pores are approximately 10μm in diameter and are straight, unbranching and long, with a low pore density.

    Angusticanaliculate: The pore canals are long, narrow, and straight. The canals are small (0.01-0.1 mm) and not very abundant (about 3-20/100 mm²), so there is relatively less gas exchange than other pore types (e.g., multicanaliculate).

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Origin

  1. Latinangustus“narrow”
  2. Englishangusticanaliculate

From Latin angustus (“narrow”) and canaliculate.

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