PYRENOID


Meaning of PYRENOID in English

[py.re.noid] n [ISV, fr. NL pyrena stone of a fruit, fr. Gk pyren; akin to Gk pyros wheat grain, wheat--more at furze] (ca. 1875): one of the protein bodies in the chromatophores of various lower organisms (as some algae) that act as centers for starch deposition

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