A growth medium or culture medium is a liquid or gel designed to support the growth of microorganisms or cells, or small plants like the moss Physcomitrella patens. There are different types of media for growing different types of cells.
Best Answer: Reading some arbitrary definition of a crystal might get confusing so I'll simplify it. What you are thinking of are the chemical compound called calcium oxalate.They form needle shaped crystals in a plant cell's vacuole that pretty much look like toothpicks. Their main function is to protect the plant from herbivores.They aren't chemically poisonous but because of their shape, they can prick soft tissue.hen an herbivore eat a part of the plant, the vacuoles are smashed up and these needle like crystals are exposed along with the sap of the plant. Perhaps you've been exposed to these crystals when you squeeze a part of a plant and touch its sap.
Vacuole Function. The Vacuole is a cell organelle that is present only in plant cells. The main vacuole Function is in maintaining the structure and shape of the cell. Cells of plants do not increase in size by expanding their cytoplasm but by increasing the size of their vacuoles.he most useful, and the largest, vacuoles are mostly found in plant cells. Vacuoles are filled with a different liquid called cell sap, instead of protoplasm. The sapâs composition is primarily water, but this can vary from one cell to another and even from one vacuole to another vacuole.