phragma

noun

phrag·​ma

ˈfragmə

plural phragmata

-mətə,

-mətə

also phragmas

1

: a septum or partial diaphragm

especially : an infolded part or inwardly extending process of the walls of the thorax of an insect or other arthropod

2

: a false dissepiment in a plant ovary

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek phragma fence, from phrassein, phrattein to enclose, fence in

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