Usually means: Membrane sacs, site of photosynthesis.
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▸ noun:  (biology) a folded membrane within plant chloroplasts from which grana are made, used in photosynthesis

Similar:
thylacoid, granum, chloroplastid, grannum, chloroplast, plastid, chromoplast, pyrenoid, chromoplastid, plastide, more...

Opposite:
non-thylakoid, stroma

Phrases:
thylakoid membranes, thylakoid lumen, more...

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Similar:
thylacoid, granum, chloroplastid, grannum, chloroplast, plastid, chromoplast, pyrenoid, chromoplastid, plastide, more...

Opposite:
non-thylakoid, stroma

Phrases:
thylakoid membranes, thylakoid lumen, more...



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