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Due to plasmolysis, the plant cell...

Due to plasmolysis, the plant cell

A

Bursts

B

Swells up

C

Becomes turgid

D

Becomes flaccid

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D
If a living plant cell is placed in a highly concentrated solution water comes out of the cell due to exosmosis through the plasma membrane. The loss of water from the cell sap causes shrinkage of the protoplast away from the cell wall in the form of a round mass in the center
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