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• Plasmodesmata

  [plaz-muh-des-muh] /ˌplæz məˈdɛs mə/ noun, plural plasmodesmata [plaz-muh-des-muh-tuh] /ˌplæz məˈdɛs mə tə/ (Show IPA). Botany. 1. any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells. /ˌplæzməˈdɛzmə/ noun (pl) -desmata (-ˈdɛzmətə), -desms 1. (botany) any of various very fine cytoplasmic threads connecting the cytoplasm of adjacent cells via […]

• Plasmodia

  [plaz-moh-dee-uh m] /plæzˈmoʊ di əm/ noun, plural plasmodia [plaz-moh-dee-uh] /plæzˈmoʊ di ə/ (Show IPA) 1. Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds. 2. any parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium, causing malaria in humans. /plæzˈməʊdɪəm/ noun (pl) -dia (-dɪə) 1. an […]

• Plasmodial

  [plaz-moh-dee-uh m] /plæzˈmoʊ di əm/ noun, plural plasmodia [plaz-moh-dee-uh] /plæzˈmoʊ di ə/ (Show IPA) 1. Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds. 2. any parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium, causing malaria in humans. /plæzˈməʊdɪəm/ noun (pl) -dia (-dɪə) 1. an […]

• Plasmodial slime mold

  plasmodial slime mold (plāz-mō’dē-əl) See under slime mold.

• Plasmodiocarp

  [plaz-moh-dee-uh-kahrp] /plæzˈmoʊ di əˌkɑrp/ noun, Mycology. 1. a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.

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