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· Ancient Greek
θύλακος
2 English words descend from Ancient Greek
θύλακος
, most common first.
thylakoid
a folded membrane within plant chloroplasts from which grana are made, used in photosynthesis
thylacine
A carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.