sieve-plate
[sieve n.]
1. Bot. A sieve-like plate on the wall of a plant-cell. (Cf. sieve n. 7 b.)
| 1875 Bennett & Dyer tr. Sachs' Bot. 24 The sieve-plates do not at present show anything of the subsequent more complicated structure. 1882 Vines ibid. 89 In this condition the septum, perforated by a number of pores, is termed a Sieve-plate; it is usually broader than the diameter of the tube, which therefore appears dilated at..the sieve-plates. |
2. Zool. (See quot.)
| 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 566 A calcareous plate placed at the base of the arm interradially, and called in the latter case a sieve-plate. |
3. In paper-making, a plate through which pulp is strained.
| 1891 in Cent. Dict. |