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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Leucoplast

/(lū"kō̇*plăst)/ · Leu·co·plast · IPA
01 n. One of certain very minute whitish or colorless granules occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed to be the nuclei around which s…
  1. 1.
    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.(Bot.)