cell sap

cell sap
the watery fluid within the central vacuole of a plant cell.
[1885-90]

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  • cell sap — noun Date: 1871 1. the liquid contents of a plant cell vacuole 2. cytosol …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cell sap — Water and dissolved substances, sugar, amino acids, waste substances, etc., in the plant cell vacuole …   Glossary of Biotechnology

  • cell sap — Effectively equivalent to the term cytosol …   Dictionary of molecular biology

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  • cell — cell1 cell like, adj. /sel/, n. 1. a small room, as in a convent or prison. 2. any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole. 3. a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the… …   Universalium

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