cell plate

noun

1. (in plant cells) a plate that develops at the midpoint between the two groups of chromosomes in a dividing cell and that is involved in forming the wall between the two new daughter cells.

cell plate

1. A partition that is formed during telophase of cell division in plants and some algae and that separates the two newly formed daughter cells.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cell plate¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

In the third stage the Inner Cell-Mass separates into two layers derived from the inner cell-plate of the blastula.

From Project Gutenberg

These granules constitute the young cell wall or “cell plate,” and finally coalesce to form a continuous membrane (Fig. 128, F).

From Project Gutenberg