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phragmoplast

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[frag-muh-plast] / ˈfræg məˌplæst /

noun

Botany.

  1. 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.

Etymology

Origin of phragmoplast

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

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

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