quan|ta|some

quan|ta|some
quan|ta|some «KWAHN tuh sohm», noun.
one of the granules containing chlorophyll found inside the chloroplast of plant cells: »

Through the electron microscope, small leaf particles, quantasomes, resemble the stipples on the rubber surface of a table-tennis paddle (William C. Steere).

[< quanta (plural of quantum smallest unit of energy) + -some3 body; so called from its being regarded as the smallest unit of the cell]

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