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pyrenoid

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py⋅re⋅noid

  [pahy-ree-noid, pahy-ruh-noid]
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–noun
a spherical protein structure found within chloroplasts of certain algae and hornworts.
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py·re·noid   (pī-rē'noid', pī'rə-)   
n.  A proteinaceous structure found within the chloroplast of certain algae and bryophytes. It is considered to be associated with starch deposition.

[New Latin pȳrēna, fruit stone; see pyrene + -oid.]
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