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Noun: duct  dúkt
  1. A bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
    "the tear duct was obstructed";
    - epithelial duct, canal, channel
     
  2. A continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls
     
  3. An enclosed conduit for a fluid

Derived forms: ducts

Type of: conduit, passage, passageway, plant part, plant structure

Part of: tracheophyte, vascular plant

Encyclopedia: Duct