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(a) Is the cell wall in a plant cell liv...

(a) Is the cell wall in a plant cell living or non-living ?
(b) Is the cell wall in a plant cell permeable or selectively permeable ?
(c) What is its chemical composition ?

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(a) A plant cell wall is non-living.
(b) It is permeable.
(c) Plant cell wall is chiefly composed of insoluble fibrous polysaccharide, cellulose (carbohydrate). Centain other compounds (hemicellulose, pectins and proteins) also occur in the cell wall.
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