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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass;
[syn: stoma, stomate, pore]

2. a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ);


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stoma \Sto"ma\, n.; pl. Stomata. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a mouth.] 1. (Anat.) One of the minute apertures between the cells in many serous membranes. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) (a) The minute breathing pores of leaves or other organs opening into the intercellular spaces, and usually bordered by two contractile cells. (b) The line of dehiscence of the sporangium of a fern. It is usually marked by two transversely elongated cells. See Illust. of Sporangium. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) A stigma. See Stigma, n., 6 (a) & (b) . [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stoma n 1: a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass [syn: stoma, stomate, pore] 2: a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ)