Definition of Leucaplastid

Definition of Leucaplastid

{ Leu"co*plast (lū"k&osl;*plăst), Leu`co*plas"tid (-plăs"t&ibreve;d), } n. [Leuco- + Gr. pla`ssein to mold.] (Bot.) 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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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