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What is a plasma membrane?

What is a plasma membrane? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (cytology) The semipermeable membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell.
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Once inside the plant, an infolded plasma membrane forms around the bacterium to produce an infection thread.
These proteins were found to be essential for vesiculation at the plasma membrane and the Golgi apparatus, respectively.
The additional membrane is provided by intracellular vesicles, which fuse with the plasma membrane.
These findings are supported by studies on the intracellular traffic between the Golgi apparatus and the plasma membrane.
The LDL receptor is a polypeptide of 839 amino acids that spans the plasma membrane.
The catalytic domain faces the exterior of the plasma membrane and is anchored by a transmembrane-spanning domain.

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