Plastidule

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One of the small particles or organic molecules of protoplasm.

    "The plastidule movements of the cytula are therefore the resultant of the united plastidule movements of the female egg-cell and of the male sperm-cell"

Example

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"The plastidule movements of the cytula are therefore the resultant of the united plastidule movements of the female egg-cell and of the male sperm-cell"

Etymology

From plastid + -ule.

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