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Passage: 'In desert ecology, xerophytic plants minimize transpiration through stomatal crypts—depressions in the leaf epidermis lined with microscopic epidermal hairs that trap a boundary layer of stagnant, humid air, thereby attenuating the vapor pressure deficit between the leaf interior and the arid external atmosphere.'
Complete the sentence with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage: Xerophytic leaf stomata are located inside depressions lined with hairs designed to maintain a protective _______ to reduce water loss.
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