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amyloplast
[ am-uh-loh-plast ]
noun
, Botany.
- a starch-forming granule in plants; leucoplast.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of amyloplast1
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Example Sentences
Together this suggests a stronger shift from the relatively low sink strength of the ATP-generating general carbon metabolism reactions towards the plastidic starch synthesis pathway in tubers of RH, thereby causing a flux of carbon into the amyloplast.
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