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leaf gap

noun

, Botany.
  1. (in the stele of vascular plants) a break in the tissue of a stem around a leaf trace.


leaf gap

noun

  1. botany a region of parenchyma cells in the vascular tissue of flowering plants and some ferns, situated above a leaf trace
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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He was sighting the ray tube through a leaf gap.

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