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A plant cell placed in a hypertonic solution loses water and its cytoplasm shrinks away from the cell wall, a condition called:

A Turgidity
B Imbibition
C Translocation
D Plasmolysis

Correct answer: D. Plasmolysis

Explanation: Plasmolysis occurs when a plant cell loses water by osmosis in a hypertonic external solution, causing the cell membrane and cytoplasm to shrink away from the rigid cell wall.

Concept context

Water and mineral absorption, the ascent of sap, transpiration, and phloem transport via the pressure flow hypothesis.

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A plant cell placed in a hypertonic solution loses water and its cytoplasm shrinks away from the cell wall, a condition called:

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