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CANAL PONCTUATION [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Silviculture
DEF

The passage from the cell lumen to the pit chamber of any bordered pit.

OBS

pit: A recess in the secondary wall of a cell, together with its external closing membrane; open internally to the lumen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Dans la description anatomique du bois, partie creuse en forme de couloir avec laquelle sont mises en contact la lumière (lumen) de la cellule et la chambre d'une ponctuation aréolée.

OBS

ponctuation : Nom donné aux légères dépressions semblables à des points qui se trouvent sur les cloisons intercellulaires ou à la surface de certains vaisseaux.

Spanish

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