Phragmoplast
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Phragmoplast is a noun meaning (biology) A structure that forms in plant cells during late cytokinesis and serves as a scaffold for cell plate assembly and subsequent formation of a new cell wall separating the two daughter cells.
Meaning
(biology) A structure that forms in plant cells during late cytokinesis and serves as a scaffold for cell plate assembly and subsequent formation of a new cell wall separating the two daughter cells.
Word Forms
- phragmoplasts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include microtubules, phragmosome, phragmospore, phragma, phycoplast, rhizoplast.
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