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leucoplast: see amyloplast amyloplast , also called leucoplast, a nonpigmented organelle, or plastid, occurring in the cytoplasm of plant cells. Amyloplasts transform glucose, a simple sugar, into starch through the process of polymerization, and store starch grains within their stretched
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leucoplast [′lü·kə‚plast]

(botany)

A nonpigmented plastid; capable of developing into a chromoplast.

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