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elaioplast Cytology.|ɪˈlaɪəplæst|
Also elæo-.
[a. Du. elaioplast (J. H. Wakker 1887, in Maandblad voor Natuurwetenschappen XIII. 110), f. Gr. ἔλαιον oil + -plast.]
A type of plastid, found esp. in some angiosperms, that contains or secretes oil.
1888Jrnl. Microsc. Soc. 443 Elaioplast.—Under this term Herr J. H. Wakker describes nearly globular strongly refringent yellow bodies which he finds..in epidermal cells of the leaves of Vanilla planifolia. Ibid., The elaioplasts are formed gradually in the epidermal cells during the development of the leaf. 1969Brown & Bertke Textbk. Cytol. xiii. 244/1 Leukoplasts containing one or more large starch grains are often called amyloplasts;..or if droplets of oil, they are called elaioplasts. |