Planteome: Term Details for "plant fiber cell" (PO:0025407)

Accession: PO:0025407
Name: plant fiber cell
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: célula fibrosa vegetal (Spanish, exact), plant fiber (exact), 植物繊維細胞 (Japanese, exact), fiber (broad), fiber cell (broad)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A sclerenchyma cell (PO:0000077) that is elongated and tapering. Source: ISBN:0471245208
Comment: May or may not have lignin in the secondary cell wall (GO:0009531) or a living protoplast at maturity. It may be difficult to distinguish fiber cells from tracheary elements (PO:0000290). Compare with sclerid cells (PO:0025418), which are usually not elongated.
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
plant fiber cell	is_a	sclerenchyma cell (PO:0000077)