plasmodesma

[ plaz-muh-des-muh ]

noun

, Botany.

, plural plas·mo·des·ma·ta [plaz-m, uh, -, des, -m, uh, -t, uh].

1. any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.

plasmodesma

/ ˈplæzməˌdɛzəm; ˌplæzməˈdɛzmə /

noun

1. botany any of various very fine cytoplasmic threads connecting the cytoplasm of adjacent cells via minute holes in the cell walls

Word History and Origins

Origin of plasmodesma¹

< German (1901) < Greek plasmo- plasmo- + désma bond, fetter

Word History and Origins

Origin of plasmodesma¹

C20: from plasmo- + Greek desma bond