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Word: Plasmodesma
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 20th century: from German Plasmodesma, from late Latin plasma ‘mould, formation’ + Greek desma ‘bond, fetter’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌplazmə(ʊ)ˈdɛzmə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a narrow thread of cytoplasm that passes through the cell walls of adjacent plant cells and allows communication between them.
Short Definition:narrow thread of cytoplasm that passes through cell walls of adjacent plant cells
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