Usually means: Regulates gas exchange in plants.
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  1. guard cell: Merriam-Webster
  2. guard cell: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. guard cell: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. guard cell: Collins English Dictionary
  5. guard-cell: Wordnik
  6. guard cell: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Guard cell: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  8. guard cell: Wiktionary
  9. guard cell: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. guard cell: Dictionary.com
  11. Guard cell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. guard cell: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (guard cell)

noun:  A kind of specialized cell located in the lower leaf epidermis of plants. Pairs of guard cells surround tiny stomatal airway pores and regulate their opening and closing.

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