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Casparian strip

(Casparian band) A band of suberized and/or lignified wall material in the radial (anticlinal) and transverse walls of cells of the *endodermis. It ensures that water and solutes pass through the living protoplast of the endodermal cells, rather than through the cell walls, thus facilitating selective filtering of the sap solutes and control of the rate of flow.

 
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