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phragmoplast

phragmoplast noun: a structure that forms in plant cells during late cytokinesis and serves as a scaffold for cell plate assembly and subsequent formation of a new cell wall separating the two daughter cells.

Noun

phragmoplast (plural phragmoplasts)

  1. A structure that forms in plant cells during late cytokinesis and serves as a scaffold for cell plate assembly and subsequent formation of a new cell wall separating the two daughter cells.

phragmoplast meaning in Tamil

phragmoplast in Tamil

ஃபிராக்மோப்பிளாஸ்ட்

Forms of phragmoplast

pluralphragmoplasts

Origin of phragmoplast

From phragmo- + -plast.

Questions about phragmoplast

What does phragmoplast mean?
Phragmoplast means a structure that forms in plant cells during late cytokinesis and serves as a scaffold for cell plate assembly and subsequent formation of a new cell wall separating the two daughter cells.
What is phragmoplast in Tamil?
Phragmoplast in Tamil is ஃபிராக்மோப்பிளாஸ்ட். See Phragmoplast meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is phragmoplast?
Phragmoplast is a noun.
What is the plural of phragmoplast?
The plural of phragmoplast is phragmoplasts.

Words near phragmoplast in the dictionary

  1. phragmoceratids
  2. phragmocone
  3. phragmocones
  4. phragmoconic
  5. phragmocyttarous
  6. phragmoplast
  7. phragmoplasts
  8. phragmosis
  9. phragmosomal
  10. phragmosome
  11. phragmosomes

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