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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A strand of cytoplasm that passes through openings in cell walls and connects the protoplasts of adjacent living plant cells.
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- noun biology A
microscopic channel traversing thecell walls ofplant cells and somealgal cells, enablingtransport andcommunication between them.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[plasmo– + Greek desma, bond (from dein, to bind).]
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