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The capability of a single mature plant cell to develop into a complete plant, as proposed by Haberlandt, is called __________.

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Totipotency

Haberlandt proposed that a single mature plant cell can grow into a whole plant.

This ability is called totipotency, and it is the basis of plant tissue culture.

Contact inhibition is about animal cells stopping division, turgidity is swelling with water and permeability is letting substances pass.

Hence, the answer is Totipotency.

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