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cytoderm

cytoderm noun: a cell wall, typically of a desmid or diatom.

Noun

cytoderm (plural cytoderms)

  1. A cell wall, typically of a desmid or diatom.
    • Several specimens were found, all of which belong to Kirchner's variety subtile, the cytoderm being delicately punctate over the whole surface.1904, Alexander William Evans, Hepaticae of Alaska, volume 5, page 168
    • Potted plants of flue-cured tobacco variety K326 were treated in Zhengzhou, Henan, China by 70-80% (control) and<60% (drought stress) of maximum field water capacity beginning at vigorous growth stage on 2 July 2007, and their leaf samples were taken 16, 28 and 40 days after the treatments were...2010, Shi XiangDong, “Study on dynamics of cytoderm expansin accumulation in flue-cured tobacco leaves under drought stress”, in Acta Tabacaria Sinica, volume 16, number 1, page 41

Forms of cytoderm

pluralcytoderms

Origin of cytoderm

From cyto- + -derm.

Questions about cytoderm

What does cytoderm mean?
Cytoderm means a cell wall, typically of a desmid or diatom.
What part of speech is cytoderm?
Cytoderm is a noun.
What is the plural of cytoderm?
The plural of cytoderm is cytoderms.

Words near cytoderm in the dictionary

  1. cytodendritic
  2. cytodendrogram
  3. cytodendrograms
  4. cytodensitometric
  5. cytodensitometry
  6. cytoderm
  7. cytoderms
  8. cytodes
  9. cytodestruction
  10. cytodestructive
  11. cytodiagnoses

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