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plasmodesma
[ plaz-muh-des-muh ]
noun
, Botany.
, plural plas·mo·des·ma·ta [plaz-m, uh, -, des, -m, uh, -t, uh].
- any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
plasmodesma
/ ˈplæzməˌdɛzəm; ˌplæzməˈdɛzmə /
noun
- botany any of various very fine cytoplasmic threads connecting the cytoplasm of adjacent cells via minute holes in the cell walls
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Word History and Origins
Origin of plasmodesma1
< German (1901) < Greek plasmo- plasmo- + désma bond, fetter
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Word History and Origins
Origin of plasmodesma1
C20: from plasmo- + Greek desma bond
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