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plasmodesma
[plaz-muh-des-muh]
noun
Botany.
plural
plasmodesmataany of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
plasmodesma
/ ˈplæzməˌdɛzəm, ˌplæzməˈdɛzmə /
noun
botany any of various very fine cytoplasmic threads connecting the cytoplasm of adjacent cells via minute holes in the cell walls
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of plasmodesma1
< German (1901) < Greek plasmo- plasmo- + é bond, fetter
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of plasmodesma1
C20: from plasmo- + Greek desma bond
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