'Sieve cells' definitions:

Definition of 'Sieve cells'

From: GCIDE
  • Sieve \Sieve\, n. [OE. sive, AS. sife; akin to D. zeef, zift, OHG. sib, G. sieb. [root]151a. Cf. Sift.]
  • 1. A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes. "In a sieve thrown and sifted." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A kind of coarse basket. --Simmonds. [1913 Webster]
  • Sieve cells (Bot.), cribriform cells. See under Cribriform. [1913 Webster]