leucoplastid

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leucoplastid - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Leucoplast \Leu"co*plast\ (l[=u]"k[-o]*pl[a^]st), Leucoplastid
  \Leu`co*plas"tid\ (-pl[a^]s"t[i^]d), n. [Leuco- + Gr. pla`ssein
     to mold.] (Bot.)
     One of certain very minute whitish or colorless granules
     occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed to be the
     nuclei around which starch granules will form.
     [1913 Webster]