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tonoplast
[ton´o-plast]the limiting membrane of an intracellular vacuole; the vacuole membrane.
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ton·o·plast
(tōn'ō-plast, ton'ō-),An intracellular structure or vacuole.
[tono- + G. plastos, formed]
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tonoplast
(tō′nə-plăst′)n.
The cytoplasmic membrane that surrounds a vacuole of a plant cell. Also called vacuolar membrane.
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ton·o·plast
(tō'nō-plast)An intracellular structure or vacuole.
[tono- + G. plastos, formed]
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tonoplast
the CELL MEMBRANE surrounding the vacuole in the cytoplasm of a plant cell controlling movements of ions into and out of the vacuole. see SELECTIVE PERMEABILITY.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005