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| has gloss | eng: An oil body is a lipid droplet found almost uniquely within the cells of liverworts. The size, shape, color, and number of oil bodies per cell is characteristic of certain species and may be used to identify them. The most predominant protein in oil bodies is oleosin. Oil bodies are not considered to be an organelle, as they are not bound by a true double-layer biological membrane, but instead are held in a single-layer membrane. Oil bodies are most abundant in fruits and seeds, but can be found throughout the plant body. Sunflowers, peanuts, flax, and sesame seeds are about 45% oil bodies by weight. |
| lexicalization | eng: oil body |
| instance of | (noun) any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses hepatic, liverwort |
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