- a usually crystallizable substance that, when dissolved in a liquid, will diffuse readily through vegetable or animal membranes.
- one of certain minute crystallike granules of protein, found in the tissues of various seeds.
- resembling a crystal.
- of the nature of a crystalloid.
- resembling or having the appearance or properties of a crystal or crystalloid
- a substance that in solution can pass through a semipermeable membrane
- any of numerous crystals of protein occurring in certain seeds and other storage organs
