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pheoplast

pheoplast noun: a plastid, containing brown pigment, found in diatoms, dinoflagellates and brown algae.

Noun

pheoplast (plural pheoplasts)

  1. A plastid, containing brown pigment, found in diatoms, dinoflagellates and brown algae

Forms of pheoplast

pluralpheoplasts

Origin of pheoplast

From pheo- + -plast.

Questions about pheoplast

What does pheoplast mean?
Pheoplast means a plastid, containing brown pigment, found in diatoms, dinoflagellates and brown algae.
What part of speech is pheoplast?
Pheoplast is a noun.
What is the plural of pheoplast?
The plural of pheoplast is pheoplasts.

Words near pheoplast in the dictionary

  1. pheophytinase
  2. pheophytinases
  3. pheophytins
  4. pheopigment
  5. pheopigments
  6. pheoplast
  7. pheoplasts
  8. pheos
  9. pheran
  10. pherans
  11. Pherecr.

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