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tonoplast
(tono|plast)
Pronunciation:
/ˈtəʊnə(ʊ)plast, -plɑːst/
noun
Botany
a membrane which bounds the chief vacuole of a plant cell.
Origin:
late 19th century
: from Greek
tonos
'tension, tone' +
plastos
'formed'
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