plastonema

Etymology

From plasto- + -nema.

plastonema means A filament the surrounds a plastosome (organelle). Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

noun

A filament the surrounds a plastosome (organelle).“The shape of the plastonema and its relation to the plastosome appear clearly in figures 1, 2, and 3.”