Meanings
nounthylakoid (plural thylakoids)
plural thylakoids
- biologya folded membrane within plant chloroplasts from which grana are made, used in photosynthesis
Origin
- Ancient Greekθύλακος“sack, bag”
- Englishthylakoid
From Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “sack, bag”) + -oid.
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Chinese Mandarin 类囊体
- 类囊体membrane within plant chloroplasts
French thylakoïde
- thylakoïdemembrane within plant chloroplasts
Icelandic himnuskífa
- himnuskífamembrane within plant chloroplasts
Italian tilacoide
- tilacoidemembrane within plant chloroplasts
Polish tylakoid
- tylakoidmembrane within plant chloroplasts
Spanish tilacoide
- tilacoidemembrane within plant chloroplasts
Welsh thylacoid
- thylacoidmembrane within plant chloroplasts
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