English Explanatory Dictionary

phragmoplast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

phragmoplast phragmoplasts

Etymology

From phragmo- + -plast.

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