tannosome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of organelle found in vascular plants, formed when the chloroplast membrane forms pockets filled with tannin.

Word forms

tannosome tannosomes

Etymology

By surface analysis, tanno- + -some.

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