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leucoplast
leucoplast n. 
/ˈl(j)uːkə(ʊ)plast/,
Brit. /ˈl(j)uːkə(ʊ)plɑːst/
, /ˈl(j)uːkə(ʊ)plɑːst//ˈl(j)uːkə(ʊ)plast/U.S. /ˈlukəˌplæst/
[Greek πλαστός moulded] Biology = leucoplastid n./ˈlukəˌplæst/ΚΠ
1886 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 6 640 In the lower plants..the formation of leucoplasts is a subsequent process, a transformation of the coloured into a colourless chromatophore.
1887 W. Hillhouse tr. E. Strasburger Handbk. Pract. Bot. iv. 44 We can..distinguish the chlorophyll-bodies, colour-bodies, and colourless starch-builders as Chloroplasts, Chromoplasts, and Leucoplasts respectively.
1902 H. Wager in Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 333/1 As the cell grows they [sc. the chromatophores] may become converted into leucoplasts (starch-formers), chloroplasts (chlorophyll-bodies), or chromoplasts (colour-bodies).
1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 199 All species [of the genus Caulerpa of green algae] possess amyliferous leucoplasts as well as the ordinary green plastids.
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- saskatoon shrub
- saskatoon tree
- saskatoons
- sasquatch
- sasquatches
- sass
- sass back
- sass-box
- sassabies
- sassaby
- sassafras
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- sassafras nut
- sassafras oil
- sassafras soap
- sassafras tea
- sassafras-bark
- sassafras-bush
- sassafras-chips
- sassafras-pith
- sassafras-root
- sassafras-tree
- sassafras-wood
- sassafrasbark
- sassafrasbush