Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the mouth.
- adjective Of, having, or resembling a stoma.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology and botany, of or pertaining to a stoma or stomata; oral.
- noun A medicine for diseases of the mouth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A medicine for diseases of the mouth.
- adjective (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a stoma; of the nature of a stoma.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
stomatal - noun medicine, archaic A
medicine fordiseases of themouth .
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Examples
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Evidence from the stomatic index of fossil leaves, which is an average over weeks or months shows equally large excursions at the time of the Lesser Dryas about 10,000 years ago.
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It activates functions of stomatic and sexual cells, thus producing a remarkable roborant effect.
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I accordingly furnished myself with two parcels, and found it very agreeable and pleasant; and in a short time I had the satisfaction of feeling the good effects of this pleasing and salutary medicine; and to confirm the services received from it, I am determined, for the future, to drink it instead of foreign teas, because I think it more grateful than any thing yet presented to the public as a stomatic; therefore in justice to your valuable discovery for the public good, you are welcome to communicate this information to the world at large; with the sincerest wishes for the general use of your excellent Tea.
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“Have a drop,” said he to Pen, “it’s recommended to me by the faculty as a what-do-you-call-’em — a stomatic, old boy.
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