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plas•mo•des•ma
(plaz′mə des′mə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ma•ta (-mə tə).USA pronunciation [Bot.]
- Botanyany of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
- Greek plasmo- plasmo- + désma bond, fetter
- German (1901)