{ Leu″co‐plast (lū″kō̍‐plăst), Leu′co‐plas″tid (–plăs″tĭd), } n. [Leuco- + Gr. πλάσσειν to mold.] (Bot.) One of certain very minute whitish or colorless granules occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed to be the nuclei around which starch granules will form.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.