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epithelium

The lining of either a resin canal in gymnosperms or, more rarely, of a gum duct in dicotyledons. When present the epithelium usually consists of the cells pulled apart during the often *schizogenous formation of the canal. These epithelial cells often have a secretory function.

 
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