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nounamylite (plural amylites)
plural amylites
- obsoleterarebiologyThe skeleton of starch granules, composed of amylodextrin.
The transitory starch which appears during the germination of seeds is deposited in these amylites, and is formed at their expense.
1888, Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, page 70
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