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Casparian strip

Cas·par·ian strip [ ka spérree ən strìp ] (plural Cas·par·ian strips)


noun 
Definition:
 
material in plant cell walls: a thin impervious band of material in the cell walls of some plants resembling suberin or lignin

[After Robert Caspary, 19th century German botanist]
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