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amylite

amylite noun: the skeleton of starch granules, composed of amylodextrin.

Noun

amylite (plural amylites)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The 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

Forms of amylite

pluralamylites

Origin of amylite

amyl + -ite

Questions about amylite

What does amylite mean?
Amylite means the skeleton of starch granules, composed of amylodextrin.
What part of speech is amylite?
Amylite is a noun.
What is the plural of amylite?
The plural of amylite is amylites.

Words near amylite in the dictionary

  1. amylic
  2. amyliferous
  3. amylin
  4. amylinomimetic
  5. amylinomimetics
  6. amylite
  7. amylites
  8. amylmetacresol
  9. amylo-
  10. amylobacter
  11. amylobacteria

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