microfibril
noun
mi·cro·fi·bril
ˌmī-krō-ˈfī-brəl 
-ˈfi-
: a fine fibril
especially
: one of the submicroscopic elongated bundles of cellulose of a plant cell wall
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Five of these helices wind together to make up a microfibril, and thousands of microfibrils gather to form a fibril.
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Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2011
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Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2011
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“Microfibril.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microfibril. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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