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cell-wall

cell-wall is the rare form of cell wall.

Meaning of cell wall

Noun

cell wall (plural cell walls)

  1. A rigid, non-living structural layer located outside the cell membrane in certain cells, such as those of plants, fungi, bacteria, and some algae, providing support, shape, and protection.
    • The name of Chlamydomonas is applied to certain microscopic green bodies, each of which consists of a protoplasmic central substance invested by a structureless sac. The latter contains cellulose, as in ordinary plants; and the chlorophyll which gives the green colour enables the Chlamydomonas to...1876, T. H. Huxley, “On the Border Territory between the Animal and the Vegetable Kingdoms”, in Littell's Living Age, vol. 128, no. 1657

Forms of cell-wall

pluralcell-walls

Questions about cell-wall

What is cell-wall the rare form of?
Cell-wall is the rare form of cell wall.

Words near cell-wall in the dictionary

  1. cell-phoned
  2. cell-phones
  3. cell-phoning
  4. cell-spot
  5. cell-spots
  6. cell-wall
  7. cell-walls
  8. cella
  9. cellae
  10. cellar
  11. cellar door

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