leucoplast
[ loo-kuh-plast ]
/ ˌlu kəˌplæst /
noun Botany.
a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
Words nearby leucoplast
leucoma,
leucomaine,
leucon,
leucopenia,
leucoplakia,
leucoplast,
leucopoiesis,
leucorrhea,
leucorrhoea,
leucosis,
leucothea
British Dictionary definitions for leucoplast
leucoplast
leucoplastid
/ (ˈluːkəˌplæst) /
noun
any of the small colourless bodies occurring in the cytoplasm of plant cells and used for storing food material, esp starch