vacuole
A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
Other meanings
A small empty or air-filled space or vacuity.
A kind of
- cavity
Word history
From Latin "vacuus" (empty).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “vacuole” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.