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Stoma   /stˈoʊmə/   Listen
Stoma

noun
(pl. stomata)
1.
A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass.  Synonyms: pore, stomate.
2.
A mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ).



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"Stoma" Quotes from Famous Books



... that we know all but nothing of her from external sources. "The lilies of Anyte" stand at the head of the list of poets in the /Garland/ of Meleager; and Antipater of Thessalonica in a catalogue of poetesses (/Anth. Pal./ ix. 26) speaks of {Anutes stoma thelun Omeron}. The only epigram which gives any clue to her date is one on the death of three Milesian girls in a Gaulish invasion, probably that of B.C. 279; but this is headed "Anyte of Mitylene," ...
— Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology • J. W. Mackail

... and principal part of the Jyotishtoma, one of the great sacrifices in which especially the juice of the Soma plant is offered for the purpose of obtaining Swarga or heaven." GOLDSTUeCKER'S DICTIONARY. "The Agnishtoma is Agni. It is called so because they (the gods) praised him with this Stoma. They called it so to hide the proper meaning of the word: for the gods like to hide the proper meaning ...
— The Ramayana • VALMIKI

... Erot' antherotate, Glyke kai hilarotate, Tou kosmou kybernete. Esen ho nous, to soma mou, To stethos, kai to stoma mou, ...
— Two Knapsacks - A Novel of Canadian Summer Life • John Campbell



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