sieve-platen.
1. Botany. A sieve-like plate on the wall of a plant-cell. (Cf. sieve n. Compounds 3.)
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the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > cell > parts of cell > cell wall and parts
septum1720
pit1839
sieve-plate1875
sieve-pore1875
sieve-tube1875
anticlinal1882
periclinal1882
sieve-vessel1882
pit cavity1884
pit membrane1884
middle lamella1887
torus1887
tonoplast1895
pit canal1911
pit chamber1917
pit aperture1918
pit pair1933
pit field1934
margo1965
sieve-tissue-
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 24 The sieve-plates do not at present show anything of the subsequent more complicated structure.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 89 In this condition the septum, perforated by a number of pores, is termed a Sieve-plate; it is usually broader than the diameter of the tube, which therefore appears dilated at..the sieve-plates.
2. Zoology. (See quot. 1888.)
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > hard or protective covering > scale > large scale or bony plate > calcaveous plate at base of arm
sieve-plate1888
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 566 A calcareous plate placed at the base of the arm interradially, and called in the latter case a sieve-plate.
3. In paper-making, a plate through which pulp is strained.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > paper-making equipment > [noun] > strainer
sand-table1812
knotter1875
sieve-plate1891
1891 in Cent. Dict.
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