cytoderm

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noun

A cell wall, typically of a desmid or diatom.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nouncytoderm (plural cytoderms)

plural cytoderms

  1. A cell wall, typically of a desmid or diatom.

    The mixture was transferred into centrifuge tubes then ultrasonically treated five times to break the cytoderm.

    2015 July 2, Ma B, Ban X, Huang B, He J, Tian J, Zeng H, et al., “Interference and Mechanism of Dill Seed Essential Oil and Contribution of Carvone and Limonene in Preventing Sclerotinia Rot of Rapeseed”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI
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    Several specimens were found, all of which belong to Kirchner's variety subtile, the cytoderm being delicately punctate over the whole surface.

    1904, Alexander William Evans, Hepaticae of Alaska, volume 5, page 168

    Potted plants of flue-cured tobacco variety K326 were treated in Zhengzhou, Henan, China by 70-80% (control) and<60% (drought stress) of maximum field water capacity beginning at vigorous growth stage on 2 July 2007, and their leaf samples were taken 16, 28 and 40 days after the treatments were started for observation on the accumulation of cytoderm expansin under electronic microscope.

    2010, Shi XiangDong, “Study on dynamics of cytoderm expansin accumulation in flue-cured tobacco leaves under drought stress”, in Acta Tabacaria Sinica, volume 16, number 1, page 41

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