dictyosome

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(dĭk'tē-ə-sōm') pronunciation
n.
The Golgi apparatus in plant cells.

[Greek diktuon, net (from dikein, to throw) + -SOME3.]


  1. or golgiosome an alternative name for Golgi apparatus, especially in cells of invertebrates and plants; there are usually several scattered dictyosomes per cell.
  2. a collar-like structure that may form an anchor for the base of the flagellum in uniflagellate fungi.

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