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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A strand of cytoplasm that passes through openings in cell walls and connects the protoplasts of adjacent living plant cells.
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- n. biology A microscopic channel traversing the cell walls of plant cells and some algal cells, enabling transport and communication between them.
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- plasmo- + Greek desma, bond (from dein, to bind). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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