Word of the Day:
amyliferous
What It Means
Bearing or producing starch.
Amyliferous in Context
“The amyliferous leaf-cells seem to contain no chloroplastids; the mass of starch grains with which the cell is filled may either be colourless or have a distinctly yellowish or occasionally brownish tinge.”
Did You Know?
From Latin amylum (“starch”) + -iferous.
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