leucoplast

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English word leucoplast comes from English -plast, English leuco- ((biology) leucocyte. Colourless. White.)

-plast (English)

A plastid. A small body, structure, particle, or granule, especially of living matter.

leuco- (English)

(biology) leucocyte. Colourless. White.

leucoplast (English)

(biology) An organelle found in certain plant cells, a non-pigmented category of plastid with various biosynthetic functions.

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