Term: cell wall: a rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing the membrane of plant and prokaryotic cells; maintains the shape of the cell and serves as a protective barrier
Broader: layer: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another | Unrelated: achromia: an absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells
Broader: layer: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another | Unrelated: slammer: a person who closes things violently
Broader: layer: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another | Unrelated: pacific newt: any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America
Broader: layer: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another | Unrelated: territorial: nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit
Broader: layer: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another | Unrelated: green gland: one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae
Broader: layer: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another | Unrelated: fine: money extracted as a penalty
Broader: layer: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another | Unrelated: pyxis: a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines
Broader: layer: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another | Unrelated: castor-oil plant: large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics
Broader: layer: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another | Unrelated: degaussing: the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field
Broader: layer: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another | Unrelated: parachutist: a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute