perforation plate

noun

In a tracheary element, part of the cell wall that is perforated, present in vessel members but not in tracheid cells.

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Meanings

nounperforation plate (plural perforation plates)

plural perforation plates

  1. biologyIn a tracheary element, part of the cell wall that is perforated, present in vessel members but not in tracheid cells.
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