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plastidule

plastidule noun: one of the small particles or organic molecules of protoplasm.

Noun

plastidule (plural plastidules)

  1. (archaic) One of the small particles or organic molecules of protoplasm.
    • The plastidule movements of the cytula are therefore the resultant of the united plastidule movements of the female egg-cell and of the male sperm-cell1874, Ernst Haeckel, The Evolution of Man

Forms of plastidule

pluralplastidules

Origin of plastidule

From plastid + -ule.

Questions about plastidule

What does plastidule mean?
Plastidule means one of the small particles or organic molecules of protoplasm.
What part of speech is plastidule?
Plastidule is a noun.
What is the plural of plastidule?
The plural of plastidule is plastidules.

Words near plastidule in the dictionary

  1. plastidic
  2. plastidium
  3. plastidome
  4. plastidomes
  5. plastids
  6. plastidule
  7. plastidules
  8. plastidyl
  9. plastification
  10. plastifications
  11. plastified

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