Definition of Leucoplast

1. n. 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.

Definition of Leucoplast

1. Noun. (biology) An organelle found in certain plant cells, a non-pigmented category of plastid with various biosynthetic functions. ¹

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Definition of Leucoplast

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Leucoplast

1. Colourless plastid, that may be an etioplast or a storage plastid (amyloplast, elaioplast or proteinoplast). This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leucoplast

leucophanes
leucophanite
leucophanites
leucopheresis
leucophlegmacies
leucophlegmacy
leucophlegmatic
leucophoenicite
leucophore
leucophores
leucophosphite
leucophyll
leucophyllous
leucopin
leucoplakia
leucoplast (current term)
leucoplastid
leucoplastids
leucoplasts
leucopyrite
leucopyrites
leucorrhea
leucorrheas
leucorrhoeas
leucorrhœic
leucorrhϾ
leucoryx
leucoscope
leucoscopes

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