phragmoplast

American

[frag-muh-plast] / ˈfræg məˌplæst /

noun

Botany.

the cytoplasmic structure that forms at the equator of the spindle after the chromosomes have divided during the anaphase of plant mitosis, and that initiates cell division.

1910–15; < Greek phrágm ( a ) fence ( see phragmites) + -o- + -plast

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phragmoplast

In plant cells, Golgi vesicles coalesce at the former metaphase plate, forming a phragmoplast.

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