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glyoxysome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gly-oxysome
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various specialized peroxisomes found in plants (particularly in the fat-storage tissues of germinating seeds) and also in filamentous fungi, serving to break down fatty acids and provide enzymes to produce intermediates for the synthesis of sugars by gluconeogenesis.

Inflected Forms

glyoxysomes (plural)

Questions

What does glyoxysome mean?
Any of various specialized peroxisomes found in plants (particularly in the fat-storage tissues of germinating seeds) and also in filamentous fungi, serving to break down fatty acids and provide enzymes to produce intermediates for the synthesis of sugars by gluconeogenesis.

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