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Webster 1913 Edition

Pyrenoid

Py-re′noid

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] like a kernel. See

, and

.]

(Zool.)

A transparent body found in the chromatophores of certain Infusoria.

Definition 2024

pyrenoid

pyrenoid

English

Noun

pyrenoid ‎(plural pyrenoids)

(biology) 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

Anagrams

pyridone