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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Golgi apparatus, especially in plant cells.
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- noun cytology A
plant organelle that is functionally equivalent to theGolgi apparatus in animal cells
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- noun a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek diktuon, net (from dikein, to throw; see deik- in Indo-European roots) + –some.]
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