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plasmodesm

plasmodesm is the alternative form of plasmodesma.

Meaning of plasmodesma

Noun

plasmodesma (plural plasmodesmas or plasmodesmata)

  1. A microscopic channel traversing the cell walls of plant cells and some algal cells, enabling transport and communication between them.

Forms of plasmodesm

pluralplasmodesms

Questions about plasmodesm

What is plasmodesm the alternative form of?
Plasmodesm is the alternative form of plasmodesma.

Words near plasmodesm in the dictionary

  1. plasmocytoids
  2. plasmocytoma
  3. plasmocytosis
  4. plasmode
  5. plasmodes
  6. plasmodesm
  7. plasmodesma
  8. plasmodesmal
  9. plasmodesmas
  10. plasmodesmata
  11. plasmodesmatal

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