Simple Description

The openings found on the underside of a leaf that allow gases into and out of the leaf

Further Detail

Stomata (singular stoma) are able to be opened and closed by the guard cells that lie on either side of them. When open they allow carbon dioxide into the leaf and oxygen and water vapour out.

Related Words:

• Spongy mesophyll
• Palisade mesophyll tissue

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