| (in plant cells) a plate that develops at the midpoint between the two groups of chromosomes in a dividing cell and that is involved in forming the wall between the two new daughter cells. |
[frag-muh-plast] 
| the cytoplasmic structure that forms at the equator of the spindle after the chromosomes have divided during the anaphase of plant mitosis, and that initiates cell division. |
| cell plate n. A partition formed during cell division in plants and some algae that separates the two newly formed daughter cells. |
| cell plate
A partition that is formed during telophase of cell division in plants and some algae and that separates the two newly formed daughter cells. |