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.

Origin of leucoplast

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

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