elaioplastn.
/ɪˈlʌɪəplast/ Cytology.
A type of plastid, found esp. in some angiosperms, that contains or secretes oil.
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1888 Jrnl. Microsc. Soc. 443 Elaioplast.—Under this term Herr J. H. Wakker describes nearly globular strongly refringent yellow bodies which he finds..in epidermal cells of the leaves of Vanilla planifolia.
1888 Jrnl. Microsc. Soc. 443 The elaioplasts are formed gradually in the epidermal cells during the development of the leaf.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 334/1 The eye-spot which is found in motile cells of the Algæ, Protococcus, Englema, etc., may also have something in common with the elaioplast.
1969 W. V. Brown & E. M. Bertke Textbk. Cytol. xiii. 244/1 Leukoplasts containing one or more large starch grains are often called amyloplasts;..or if droplets of oil, they are called elaioplasts.
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