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mictoplasm

mictoplasm noun: any phloem containing sieve cells.

Noun

mictoplasm

  1. Any phloem containing sieve cells.
    • In healthy sieve elements, gold particles were mainly found in the mictoplasm and in association with the membrane, whereas in the cell lumen they were significantly less abundant.2015 August 19, Stefanie V. Buxa et al., “Phytoplasma infection in tomato is associated with re-organization of plasma membrane, ER stacks, and actin filaments in sieve elements”, in Frontiers in...

Origin of mictoplasm

From micto- + -plasm.

Questions about mictoplasm

What does mictoplasm mean?
Mictoplasm means any phloem containing sieve cells.
What part of speech is mictoplasm?
Mictoplasm is a noun.

Words near mictoplasm in the dictionary

  1. mictions
  2. micto-
  3. mictocalcification
  4. mictomagnetic
  5. mictomagnetism
  6. mictoplasm
  7. MICTOR
  8. micturate
  9. micturated
  10. micturates
  11. micturating

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