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prospherosome (medicine)


prospherosome
<plant biology> Proposed stage in the development of spherosomes in plant cells. There is an accumulation of lipid in the prospherosome that is mobilised at a later stage.

Origin: Gr. Soma = body


catamaran (iou)



catamaran noun. E17.
[Tamil kau-maram lit. 'tied wood'.]
A raft or float of logs tied side by side with the longest in the middle; a raft of two boats fastened side by side; a boat with two hulls side by side. E17.
Hist. A naval weapon consisting of a floating chest packed with gunpowder. E19.
A quarrelsome woman. colloq. M19.