leucoplast

(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

Origin: leuco- + -plast

See leucoplast in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A colorless plastid in the cytoplasm of plant cells around which starch collects.

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