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Meaning of "leucoplast" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEUCOPLAST

leucoplast  [ˈluːkəˌplæst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEUCOPLAST

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Leucoplast is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LEUCOPLAST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

leucoplast

Leucoplast

Leucoplasts are a category of plastid and as such are organelles found in plant cells. They are non-pigmented, in contrast to other plastids such as the chloroplast. Lacking pigments, leucoplasts are not green. They are colourless, so they are predictably located in roots and non-photosynthetic tissues of plants. They may become specialized for bulk storage of starch, lipid or protein and are then known as amyloplasts, elaioplasts, or proteinoplasts respectively. However, in many cell types, leucoplasts do not have a major storage function and are present to provide a wide range of essential biosynthetic functions, including the synthesis of fatty acids, many amino acids, and tetrapyrrole compounds such as haem. In general, leucoplasts are much smaller than chloroplasts and have a variable morphology, often described as amoeboid. Extensive networks of stromules interconnecting leucoplasts have been observed in epidermal cells of roots, hypocotyls, and petals, and in callus and suspension culture cells of tobacco.

Definition of leucoplast in the English dictionary

The definition of leucoplast in the dictionary is any of the small colourless bodies occurring in the cytoplasm of plant cells and used for storing food material, esp starch.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEUCOPLAST


amyloplast
ˈæmɪləʊˌplæst
apoplast
ˈæpəˌplæst
bioplast
ˈbaɪəʊˌplæst
blepharoplast
ˈblɛfərəʊˌplæst
chloroplast
ˈklɔːrəʊˌplæst
chromoplast
ˈkrəʊməˌplæst
clast
klæst
fibroblast
ˈfaɪbrəʊˌblæst
iconoclast
aɪˈkɒnəˌklæst
kinetoplast
kɪˈnɛtəˌplæst
neuroblast
ˈnjʊərəʊˌblæst
osteoblast
ˈɒstɪəʊˌblæst
osteoclast
ˈɒstɪəʊˌklæst
periplast
ˈpɛrɪˌplæst
phragmoplast
ˈfræɡməˌplæst
protoplast
ˈprəʊtəˌplæst
spheroplast
ˈsfɪərəʊˌplæst
symplast
ˈsɪmplæst
tonoplast
ˈtəʊnəˌplæst
trophoblast
ˈtrɒfəˌblæst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEUCOPLAST

leucodepleted
leucoderma
leucodermal
leucodermia
leucodermic
leucoma
leucomaine
leucomata
leucopenia
leucopenic
leucoplakia
leucoplastid
leucopoieses
leucopoiesis
leucopoietic
leucorrhoea
leucorrhoeal
leucosin
leucotome
leucotomy

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEUCOPLAST

at last
at long last
ballast
blast
bomb blast
breathe one´s last
cytoplast
Elastoplast
first and last
from first to last
full blast
last
lipidoplast
lipoplast
myoblast
oblast
outlast
sandblast
the last
trade-last

Synonyms and antonyms of leucoplast in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «leucoplast» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEUCOPLAST

Find out the translation of leucoplast to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of leucoplast from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «leucoplast» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

白色体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

leucoplast
570 millions of speakers

English

leucoplast
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

leucoplast
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

leucoplast
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лейкопластов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

leucoplast
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

leucoplast
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

leucoplaste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Leucoplast
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

leucoplast
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

白色体
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

leucoplast
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Leucoplast
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

leucoplast
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெண்கணிகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ल्यूकोप्लास्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

leucoplast
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

leucoplast
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

leucoplast
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лейкопластов
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

leucoplast
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

leucoplast
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

leucoplast
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

leucoplast
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

leucoplast
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of leucoplast

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEUCOPLAST»

The term «leucoplast» is normally little used and occupies the 126.431 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEUCOPLAST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about leucoplast

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEUCOPLAST»

Discover the use of leucoplast in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leucoplast and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Introduction to Plant Cell Development
Other types of leucoplast Proplastids and amyloplasts are examples of plastids which lack pigmentation. The generic name for such organelles is leucoplasts; plastids with pigments are generically known as chromoplasts. There are a few ...
Jeremy Burgess, 1985
2
An Investigation of Castor Bean Leucoplast Tic40 Targeting ...
Translocons, protein transport machinery, reside at the outer and inner membranes of mitochondria (Tom/Tim) and chloroplasts (Toc/Tic) and are responsible for the recognition and processing of incoming proteins.
Katherine I. Karakasis, 2006
3
Cytology and Cell Physiology
However, it is in roots that the term leucoplast has perhaps the greatest meaning. Root cells, other than those of the root cap which contain statoliths or meristematic cells which contain eoplasts, have colorless plastids for which the description ...
Geoffrey Howard Bourne, 1987
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Compartmentation of Plant Metabolism in Non-Photosynthetic ...
be released whereas pyruvate is the last product to be released from the leucoplast form. ADP is the first substrate to bind in both forms of PK. For the leucoplast enzyme, this means that pyruvate is competitive with ADP binding ( Ireland et a/., ...
M. J. Emes, 1991
5
Objective Botany
I LEUCOPLAST The amyloplast look like proplastids with fewer lamellae. The lamellae number can increase in light and they can develop into chloroplast. They lack chlorophyll and other coloured pigments. The amyloplast can store starch for ...
Dr. N.P. Saxena
6
Plastics from Bacteria: Natural Functions and Applications
Analysis of seeds by transmission electron microscopy revealed that PHB accumulated exclusively within the leucoplast, and that apparently every visible plastid contained the polymer. Seeds accumulating nearly 8% dwt PHB appeared ...
George Guo-Qiang Chen, 2009
7
The New international encyclopaedia
Structurally it is a 8TABCH ORA1NS (WHITE) FORMINQ INSIDE LEUCOPLASTS . a, ma eccentric grain, with the bulk of the leucoplast on one end ; 6, a younger stage of the same. sphere crystal, being composed of minute hairlike crystals ...
Frank Moore Colby, Talcott Williams, Herbert Treadwell Wade, 1922
8
Seed Development: OMICS Technologies toward Improvement of ...
In developing castor beans, transit peptides of 44 and 60 amino acids are respectively cleaved from PKp α- and β-subunit preproteins following their import from the cytosol into leucoplast (Negm et al. 1995). The α- and β-subunits of castor ...
Ganesh K. Agrawal, Randeep Rakwal, 2012
9
Comprehensive Objective Biology
Ground nut and rape oil seed possess (a) Leucoplast D (b) Elaioplast (c) Aleuroplast D (d) Chromoplast. Internal lamellae degenerates in (a) Leucoplast D (b) Elaioplast (c) Aleuroplast D (d) Chromoplast. D D a D D D D D Which one of the ...
V.K. Jain J.P. Sharma
10
Cell Biology and Genetics
Q. 5 : Differentiate between Leucoplast and chromoplast. Ans. : Q. 6 : What is stroma and Grana ? Describe their chemical composition. Ans. : A chloroplast remains surrounded by two membranes - an outer and an inner. Both are about 50 A in ...
Geeta Bansal, M. C. Bhatnagar

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEUCOPLAST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term leucoplast is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mamata Visits Baby Whose Thumb Was Cut By Nurse
... nurse — in an attempt to cut a leucoplast to remove the channel made for administering saline — allegedly severed the thumb with scissors. «Focus News, Jul 15»
2
Mamata wants nurse who cut child's thumb sacked
... with the nurse - in an attempt to cut a leucoplast to remove the channel made for administering saline - severed the thumb with the scissors. «Times of India, Jul 15»
3
Proposal for Left, Cong. coming together gets support
“The CPI (M) should put leucoplast on their mouth and allow Mamata Banerjee for 35 years,” TMC leader and State's Food and Supplies ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
4
Congress should get down to some serious work: TMC
“After May 2014, Congress should put some leucoplast on its lips, get down to some serious work, allow them to show themselves once more ... «Bharat Press, May 15»
5
Mamata Banerjee rules out early Assembly poll in West Bengal
She asked the Opposition MLAs “to remain mum by putting leucoplast on their mouth for the next 35 years.” Slamming the BJP the chief ... «The Asian Age, May 15»
6
I broke my finger while watching an India-South Africa match!
After a few moments I quickly strapped the finger with a leucoplast tape. I called up my friend and came to know that he too was upset with the ... «Cricket Country, May 15»
7
State govt orders probe into pasting of 'bhukamp' stickers
In an instance of adding insult to the injury, pieces of leucoplast reading 'bhukamp' was pasted on the foreheads of nine out of 13 injured in ... «Times of India, Apr 15»
8
India Players Barred From Using BCCI Logo in Domestic Matches
... his India helmet patched with white plaster and opposition skipper Manoj Tiwary did cover his India ODI cap with brown coloured leucoplast. «NDTVSports.com, Dec 14»
9
TMC-Oppn trade barbs over Ponzi schemes
... provocative speeches that is resulting on attacks on Left Front workers, Bose said: “She tells everybody to put leucoplast on their mouths. «Indian Express, Apr 14»
10
Twin robberies shock south Kolkata
They tied up Ratna's hands and legs with duppatas, gagged her with leucoplast and went about looting the flat for over half-an-hour. «Times of India, Dec 13»

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