Porus
name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A pore. dated
"[…] sometimes both guard-cells flattened, only the porus being distinct."
Proper Noun
- 1 A village in Manchester parish, Jamaica.
Synonyms
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More examples"[…] sometimes both guard-cells flattened, only the porus being distinct."
Etymology
One theory expounded by Wikipedia is that is from porous, for porous soil. Another is that it is from Porras, a captain on the 2nd voyage of Columbus when he landed in Jamaica (Ralway Magazine, November-December 1945, page 340).
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