stoma

stoma is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the minute apertures between the cells in many serous membranes. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One of the minute apertures between the cells in many serous membranes.
2. noun. The minute breathing pores of leaves or other organs opening into the intercellular spaces, and usually bordered by two contractile cells.
3. noun. The line of dehiscence of the sporangium of a fern. It is usually marked by two transversely elongated cells. See Illust. of Sporangium.
4. noun. A stigma. See Stigma, n., 6 (a) & (b).
5. noun. a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ)
6. noun. a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass

   Synonyms: pore, stomate

Synonyms

pore, stomate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in stoma:

atmos, atoms, moats, tomas

Common word forms

stomas

Words from these letters

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