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amylites

amylites is the plural of amylite.

Meaning of amylite

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

Questions about amylites

What is amylites the plural of?
Amylites is the plural of amylite.

Words near amylites in the dictionary

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

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