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sieve plates

sieve plates is the plural of sieve plate.

Meaning of sieve plate

Noun

sieve plate (plural sieve plates)

  1. A structure of tiny apertures present in adjacent sieve walls that enable the movement of fluids inside the phloem.

Questions about sieve plates

What is sieve plates the plural of?
Sieve plates is the plural of sieve plate.

Words near sieve plates in the dictionary

  1. sieve number
  2. sieve numbers
  3. sieve of Eratosthenes
  4. sieve out
  5. sieve plate
  6. sieve plates
  7. sieve set
  8. sieve sets
  9. sieve theory
  10. sieve-tube element
  11. sieve-tube elements

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