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Cell wall   /sɛl wɔl/   Listen
Cell wall

noun
1.
A rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing the membrane of plant and prokaryotic cells; maintains the shape of the cell and serves as a protective barrier.





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... protoplasm of the cell arranging itself into one mass, it divides into several, or if portions only of the protoplasm become marked out into new cells, in each case accompanied by rounding off and contraction, the new cells remaining free from one another, and usually each secreting a cell wall, then this process, whose relation to rejuvenescence is ...
— Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XXI., No. 531, March 6, 1886 • Various


Words linked to "Cell wall" :   plant cell, layer


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