amyloplastn.
Bot.
A colourless granule in a plant-cell, around which a starch-grain is formed.
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amyloplast1886
statoplast1904
1886 S. H. Vines Lect. Physiol. Plants x. 180 Schimper has observed that the formation of starch-grains is commonly effected, in parts of plants not exposed to light, by certain specialised portions of the protoplasm which are termed starch-forming corpuscles or amyloplasts.
1955 New Biol. 19 90 The amyloplasts, the specific sites of starch formation.
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