Plant cells have certain distinguishing features, including chloroplasts, cell walls, and intracellular vacuoles. Photosynthesis takes place in chloroplasts; cell walls allow plants to have strong, upright structures; and vacuoles help regulate how cells handle water and storage of other molecules.esides the presence of chloroplasts, another major difference between plant and animal cells is the presence of a cell wall. The cell wall surrounds the plasma membrane of plant cells and provides tensile strength and protection against mechanical and osmotic stress.
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word divest. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: To undress, disrobe. To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice). divest(Verb) To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary. In 2011 the company divested an 81% majority stake in its Chinese subsidiary. Origin: Alteration of devest, after Latin divestire.
the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action. 2. the act of withdrawing, as into safety or privacy; retirement; seclusion. 3. a place of refuge, seclusion, or privacy: The library was his retreat.