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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A partition formed during cell division in plants and some algae that separates the two newly formed daughter cells.

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  • noun The beginning of the formation of a cell wall that also serves as a means of organization of chromosomes during mitosis in many plant cells.

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