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Explant

Any portion taken from a plant or an animal that will be used to initiate a culture. It can be a portion of the shoot, or of the leaves, or even just some cells.

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📖 Definitions of "Explant"

noun

1
Any portion taken from a plant or an animal that will be used to initiate a culture. It can be a portion of the shoot, or of the leaves, or even just some cells.

verb

1
To remove something, such as a medical device, that has been implanted.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Explant"

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Word	Definition
protoplastnoun	(biology) The contents of a plant cell.
propnoun	An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
escapeenoun	Someone who has become free through escaping imprisonment.
plantletnoun	A young or small plant used as a propagule.
propagantnoun	(horticulture) Part of a plant used for propagation.
segmentnoun	One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
exophytenoun	(biology) Any external plant parasite.
exostemanoun	(botany) Any of the flowering plant genus Exostema.
superplantnoun	A plant that is particularly robust and which thrives in poor growing conditions or dominates an ecosystem.
exogennoun	(botany) A plant characterized by wood, bark and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and growth only occurring on the outside.
planticlenoun	(archaic) A young or small plant, or plant in embryo.
evaginationnoun	An outgrowth or protruded part.
offshootnoun	Something which develops from something else.
exorhizanoun	(botany) Any plant whose radicle is not enclosed by the cotyledons or plumule
sproutnoun	A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
outgrowthnoun	Anything that grows out of something else.
exotegmennoun	(botany) The part of the seed coat that develops from the outer surface of the inner integument
stocknoun	A store or supply.
exudivorenoun	An animal (typically an insect) that feeds on plant exudates
exsiccatumnoun	A dried specimen such as that in a herbarium.