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stoma
In plants, a tiny opening bordered by guard cells in the epidermis of leaves and stems. Water passes out of a plant mainly through the numerous stomata (plural of stoma, which is Greek for "mouth"), and carbon dioxide passes in chiefly by the same pathway.
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