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vacuolar membrane

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ton⋅o⋅plast

  [ton-uh-plast, toh-nuh-]
–noun Botany.
a membrane separating a vacuole from the surrounding cytoplasm in a plant cell.
Also called vacuolar membrane.

Origin:
1885–90; tono- + -plast
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to·no·plast   (tō'nə-plāst')   
n.  The cytoplasmic membrane that surrounds a vacuole of a plant cell. Also called vacuolar membrane.

[Greek tonos, string, tension; see ten- in Indo-European roots + -plast.]
vacuolar membrane  
n.  See tonoplast.
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tonoplast to·no·plast (tō'nə-plāst')
n.
An intracellular structure or vacuole.

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