plural of phragmoceratid

(biology) A structure that forms in plant cells during late cytokinesis and serves as a scaffold for cell plate assembly and subsequent formation of a new cell wall separating the two daughter cells.

plural of phragmoplast

plural of phragmosome

(cytology) A sheet of cytoplasm forming in highly vacuolated plant cells in preparation for mitosis.

(obsolete) Inflated language; bombast.

Alternative form of bombard phrase

To create a neologism.

plural of phrase name

(Australia, botany) An informal name given to a plant taxon that has not yet been given a formal scientific name. It consists of the generic name, "sp." (to indicate it is a species), a geographical or morphological identifier, and a collector's name and number representing a herbarium specimen.