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resin duct

noun

, Botany.
  1. a tube or duct in a woody stem or a leaf, especially in conifers, lined with glandular epithelium that secretes resins.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of resin duct1

First recorded in 1880–85

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Example Sentences

There are, moreover, new forms of leaf-hypoderm and a new position of the resin-duct.

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