amyloplast

[ am-uh-loh-plast ]

noun

, Botany.

1. a starch-forming granule in plants; leucoplast.

Word History and Origins

Origin of amyloplast¹

First recorded in 1885–90; amylo- + -plast

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.

From Nature