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leucoplast definition

leuco·plast (lo̵̅o̅′kō plast′)

noun

any of the colorless granules found in the protoplasm of vegetable cells in which starch forms in the absence of light

Etymology: leuco- + -plast

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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