leucoplast

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Definition of leucoplast in English English dictionary

An organelle found in certain plant cells, a non-pigmented category of plastid with various biosynthetic functions

One of certain very minute whitish or colorless granules occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed to be the nuclei around which starch granules will form

Having white or silvery foliage

The state of an albino, or of a white child of black parents

A colorless substance isomeric with chlorophyll, contained in parts of plants capable of becoming green

A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness,with viscid juices and cold sweats

Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin

One of certain very

A mineral of a greenish yellow color; it is a silicate of glucina, lime, and soda with fluorine

Called also leucophanite

Related Terms

A leucoplast

leucite

Hyphenation

leu·co·plast

Etymology

[ 'lü-k&-"plast ] (noun.) 1886. International Scientific Vocabulary.