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amyloplast

American

[am-uh-loh-plast] / ˈæm ə loʊˌplæst /

noun

Botany.

a starch-forming granule in plants; leucoplast.

Etymology

Origin of amyloplast

First recorded in 1885–90; amylo- + -plast

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