paramylum
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paramylum
(pă-răm′ə-ləm) also paramylon
(-lən)n. A carbohydrate resembling starch that is composed of glucose and forms the reserve foodstuff of certain algae.
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paramylum
a starch-like substance that occurs as a food reserve in flagellate protozoans and algae such as EUGLEMA.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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