1. A stack of flattened membranous sacs in plant cells that functions in the synthesis and packaging of polysaccharides; a component of the Golgi apparatus.
Usage: biology; cell biology; technical term; primarily used in plant cell studies

Examples

• The dictyosome in plant cells is responsible for modifying and packaging carbohydrates.
• Under the electron microscope, the dictyosome appears as a series of stacked cisternae.
• Plant cells contain multiple dictyosomes distributed throughout the cytoplasm.
• The dictyosome synthesizes the polysaccharides needed for cell wall formation.
• Researchers observed how vesicles bud from the dictyosome to transport their contents.