apoplast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The space outside of a plant's plasma membrane through which water and soluble nutrients are transported across a tissue or organ

Word forms

apoplast apoplasts

Etymology

From apo- + -plast.

Related words

Derived words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.