THYLAKOID


Meaning of THYLAKOID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈthī-lə-ˌkȯid ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary thylak- (from Greek thylakos sack) + -oid

Date: 1962

: any of the membranous disks of lamellae within plant chloroplasts that are composed of protein and lipid and are the sites of the photochemical reactions of photosynthesis

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.