membranous

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The organelles consist of stacks of membranous sacs that process and package proteins so that they can be transported to other parts of the cell or excreted from the cell.

From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024

It then must move to another membranous network in the cell called the endoplasmic reticulum.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023

Scientists suspect that the membranous webbing helps to deter would-be predators by making the octopus appear larger and more intimidating.

From Scientific American • Aug. 15, 2022

In prokaryotes, the DNA is not enclosed in a membranous envelope.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The older, more powerful ones are membranous, packed with layers of different meaning, like one-word poems.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas