Definitions for "Apoplast"
the nonliving pathway formed by the extracellular matrix of plant cell walls
(ap´ oh plast) • in plants, the continuous meshwork of cell walls and extracellular spaces through which material can pass without crossing a plasma membrane. (Contrast with symplast.)
The extracellular space. In plants, this is a large and continuous network of cavities under the cell wall. Proteins that are secreted from the cell often remain trapped here.