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When a plant cell is placed in a concentrated salt solution, the cell membrane pulls away from the cell wall. This condition is called

Ahaemolysis.
Bplasmolysis.CORRECT
Cdiffusion.
Dturgidity.
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Water leaves the cell by osmosis into the hypertonic solution, the vacuole shrinks, and the protoplast pulls away from the cell wall, a state called plasmolysis. Turgidity is the opposite condition in a hypotonic solution, and haemolysis refers to bursting of red blood cells.
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