English Explanatory Dictionary

pearl body

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small, lustrous, pearl-like food body produced from the epidermis of leaves, petioles and shoots of certain plants, sought after by various arthropods and ants.

Word forms

pearl body pearl bodies
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