thylakoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a folded membrane within plant chloroplasts from which grana are made, used in photosynthesis

Word forms

thylakoid thylakoids

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “sack, bag”) + -oid.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.