periplasmodium

noun

peri·​plasmodium

¦perə+

: a multinucleate mass of protoplasm in various anthers that surrounds the sporocytes and pollen grains and is formed by fusion of tapetal cells following breakdown of their walls

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from peri- + plasmodium

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