thylakoid

thylakoid
/thuy"leuh koyd'/, n. Cell Biol.
a flattened sac or vesicle lined with a pigmented membrane that is the site of photosynthesis, in plants and algae occurring in interconnected stacks constituting a granum of the chloroplast, and in other photosynthesizing organisms occurring either singly or as part of the cell membrane or other structure.
[1965-70; < G Thylakoid < Gk thylakoeidés resembling a bag, equiv. to thýlak(os) sack + -oeides -OID]

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