apoplast

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
The space outside of a plant's plasma membrane through which water and soluble nutrients are transported across a tissue or organ
(Botanik, Bitkibilim) Within a plant, the apoplast is the free diffusional space outside the plasma membrane. It is interrupted by the Casparian strip in roots, air spaces between plant cells and the cuticula of the plant