| 单词 | oil body |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoil body oil body n. [after German Oelkörper (W. Pfeffer 1874 in Flora 32)] (a) Botany and Microbiology (in various eukaryotic microorganisms and plant tissues) an intracellular inclusion consisting of a core of neutral lipids surrounded by a membrane monolayer of phospholipids; (b) Botany an oil-containing appendage (also called an elaiosome) which occurs near the hilum of some seeds; an aril, caruncle, or strophiole. ΚΠ 1899 Bot. Gaz. 28 111 The peculiar oil bodies found in so many of the Hepaticæ were found scattered throughout the thallus, ventral scales, and sporogonial receptacle. 1913 Bot. Gaz. 55 470 This particular kind of distribution he [sc. Sernander] called ‘myrmecochorous’, and showed that it was almost wholly due..to the presence of certain ‘oil bodies’ or elaiosomes. 1952 P. Mann Systematics Flowering Plants ii. 249 The axis of the spikelet becomes swollen at the base of each fruit forming a small oil body which may attract ants and so help with dispersal. 2001 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1531 47 Plant seeds store triacylglycerols (TAGs) in intracellular organelles called oil-bodies or oleosomes. < as lemmas |
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