Planteome: Term Details for "silica cell" (PO:0004009)

Accession: PO:0004009
Name: silica cell
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: célula silícica (Spanish, exact), ケイ酸細胞、珪酸細胞 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Cells with deposits of silica in them. One of the two types of short cells in the epidermis of grasses and bamboos. It is usually paired with epidermal cork cell. Source: ISBN:0471245208
Comment: One of two types of short cells in the epidermis of grasses. If you are annotating to this term, please add an additional annotation to vascular leaf (PO:0009025).
Subset: Poaceae; CL
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