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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In cytology, a highly refractive globular body consisting of granular protoplasm and containing drops of oil.
  • noun A minute body of unknown function arising within the endochrome of certain diatoms. It may be genetically connected with the pyrenoid.

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