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amyloplast

American  
[am-uh-loh-plast] / ˈæm ə loʊˌplæst /

noun

Botany.

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

Etymology

Origin of amyloplast

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

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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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