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what happens when a fully turgid plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution ?

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When a fully turgid plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, water moves out, first from cytoplasm and then from vacuole. Cell membrane shrinks away from the cell wall. This phenomenon is known as plasmolysis.

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