phragmoplast


phrag·mo·plast

noun \ˈfrag-mō-ˌplast\

Definition of PHRAGMOPLAST

: the enlarged barrel-shaped spindle that is characteristic of the later stages of plant mitosis and within which the cell plate forms

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