"thylakoid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thylakoids [plural]
Etymology: Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “sack, bag”) + -oid. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|θύλακος||sack, bag}} Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “sack, bag”), {{suffix|en||oid}} + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} thylakoid (plural thylakoids)
  1. (biology) a folded membrane within plant chloroplasts from which grana are made, used in photosynthesis Wikipedia link: thylakoid Categories (topical): Biology Translations (membrane within plant chloroplasts): 类囊体 (Chinese Mandarin), thylakoïde [masculine] (French), himnuskífa [feminine] (Icelandic), tilacoide [masculine] (Italian), തൈലക്കോയിഡ് (tailakkōyiḍŭ) (Malayalam), വർണകസ്തരം (vaṟṇakastaraṁ) (Malayalam), tylakoid (Polish), tilacoide [masculine] (Spanish)

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