Pyrenoid

What do we mean by pyrenoid?

A proteinaceous structure found within the chloroplast of certain algae and hornwort bryophytes. It is thought to be a site where carbon is concentrated. noun

One of the colorless plastids, or leucoplasts, found in the chromatophores of algæ and constituting centers for the formation of starch. noun

Resembling in form the stone of a fruit; globular; nucleiform; of excrescent bodies, wart-like.

A small colorless mass of proteid substance of a crystalline form, usually appearing hexagonal in optical section. noun

A transparent body found in the chromatophores of certain Infusoria. noun

Any of several transparent structures found in the chloroplast of certain algae etc.; they are responsible for the fixation of carbon dioxide and the formation of starch noun

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Words that are spelled similarly to pyrenoid:
pyrenoid, paranoid, arenoid, hyenoid, murenoid, pyritoid, pyramoid, pyroxenoid, hymenoid, pyrenoids.

Words that rhyme with pyrenoid:
appear annoyed.

Adjectives that are often used to describe pyrenoid:
single, central, large, prominent, conspicuous, lateral, distinct, internal, posterior, embedded, naked, spherical, basal.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective pyrenoid:
present.

Consonant match to pyrenoid:
paranoid.

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