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albuminous cell

noun

Definition of albuminous cell

: one of the parenchyma cells adjacent to the sieve cells in gymnosperm wood, distinguished by staining deeply with cytoplasmic stains, and apparently associated physiologically with the sieve cells and joined to them by sieve areas

First Known Use of albuminous cell

1900, in the meaning defined above

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