quantasome

(kwäntə sōm′)

noun

in the membrane of a chloroplast, any of the highly ordered structures containing many molecules of chlorophyll: quantasomes are thought to be the essential unit of photosynthesis

See quantasome in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
One of numerous particles located on the inner lamellar surface of a chloroplast and sometimes considered to be the functional unit of photosynthesis.

Origin:

Origin: quanta

Origin: + -some3

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