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pyrenoid definition

py·re·noid (pī rē′no̵id)

noun

Bot. a small structure within a chloroplast, as in some algae, functioning as a center for starch production

Etymology: < Gr pyrēn (gen. pyrēnos), pyrene + -oid

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