pyrenoid

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun any of several transparent structures found in the chloroplast of certain algae etc.; they are responsible for the fixation of carbon dioxide and the formation of starch

Similar words

iridoplast plastid plastide chloroplast thylakoid chloroplastid phaeoplast pneumatode stipulode pyrenium

Often followed by

is and in of matrix body at region formation

Word family

pyrenoids