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Meaning of necroplasm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The equivalent of protoplasm in a dead seed.

obsolete, rare, uncountable

Examples

“The aleurone-grains are embedded in a proteinic matrix; both may suffer dissolution during germination, in which case the matrix is composed of necroplasm, this being the case in certain endosperms; or only the grains may be thus affected, when the matrix consists of hypnoplasm, as is the case in the cotyledons of seeds.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

necropole necropoleis necropoli necropolis necropolitics necropost

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