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vacuole

[vak-yoo-ohl] / ˈvæk juˌoʊl /


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The plant's garbage collectors collect waste from cells and transport it to a kind of recycling station in the plant called a vacuole.

From Science Daily May 15, 2024

The detachment of the protrusion from the cell membrane results in the formation of a vacuole within the neighboring cell.

From Science Daily Apr. 22, 2024

Increasing the acidity inside the vacuole may decrease it outside the vacuole, causing enzymes there to work faster and wear out sooner, which may also help explain the higher death rate among these altered cells.

From Science Magazine Apr. 18, 2023

Plant cells have a cell wall, chloroplasts, plasmodesmata, and plastids used for storage, and a large central vacuole, whereas animal cells do not.

From Textbooks Apr. 25, 2013

A, Germinating spores. s, Wall of spore; v, vacuole; w, rhizoid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various




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