PYRENOID


Meaning of PYRENOID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pī-ˈrē-ˌnȯid, ˈpī-rə- ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin pyrena stone of a fruit, from Greek pyrēn; akin to Greek pyros wheat grain, wheat — more at furze

Date: circa 1875

: one of the protein bodies in the chloroplasts of various lower organisms (as some algae) that are involved in starch synthesis and deposition

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