[ad. mod.L. lenticella (De Candolle, F. lenticelle), dim. f. lent-em, lens lentil: see LENS.]

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  1.  Bot. A lenticular corky spot on young bark, corresponding to one of the epidermal stomata.

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1870.  Bentley, Bot., 61. On the young bark of most plants may be observed little brown, generally oval projections, which have been called lenticels.

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1875.  Bennett & Dyer, trans. Sachs’ Bot., 9. Lenticels are a peculiarity of cork-forming Dicotyledons.

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  2.  Anat. A lenticular gland.

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1888.  in Syd. Soc. Lex.

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  Hence Lenticellate a., producing lenticels; having corky spots on the bark.

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1855.  Mayne, Expos. Lex., Lenticellatus,… lenticellate.

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1870.  Hooker, Stud. Flora, 174. Viburnum Opulus.… Guelder-rose … branches slender, lenticellate.

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