leucoplast

[loo-kuh-plast]

leu·co·plast

[loo-kuh-plast]
noun Botany.
a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.

Origin:
1885–90; leuco- + -plast
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Leucoplast is always a great word to know.
So is multicellular. Does it mean:
composed of several cells
male reproductive structure which produces gametes in ferns, mosses, fungi and algae
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leucoplast or leucoplastid (ˈluːkəˌplæst)
 
n
any of the small colourless bodies occurring in the cytoplasm of plant cells and used for storing food material, esp starch
 
leucoplastid or leucoplastid
 
n

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leucoplast   (l'kə-plāst')  Pronunciation Key 
A colorless plastid in the cytoplasm of plant cells that makes and stores starch.
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