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What is the cell wall made out of?


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Cell wall:

  1. The cell is the basic unit of life.
  2. The cell wall is the outer most covering of the plant cell and is the non-living component.
  3. It is present outside the cell membrane in the plant cell but is absent in animal cell.

Composition of cell wall :

  1. The plant's cell wall is multi-layered and consists of the primary cell wall, the middle lamella, and the secondary cell wall.
  2. The primary cell wall is made of cellulose, pectin, and hemicellulose and the secondary cell wall is rich in lignin.

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