Guard cell
(Science: plant biology) plant cells occurring in pairs in the epidermis, flanking each stoma. Changes in turgor in the guard cells cause the stoma to open and close.
A pair of cells found on each side of a stomatal opening, which has properties enabling the contraction and expansion of the stomatal pore.
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