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trophoplast

US/ˈtɹɑfoʊplæst/

trophoplast noun: any of various organelles found in plant and algae cells, such as a chloroplast, chromoplast, leucoplast, or gerontoplast; a plastid.

Noun

trophoplast (plural trophoplasts)

  1. (dated) Any of various organelles found in plant and algae cells, such as a chloroplast, chromoplast, leucoplast, or gerontoplast; a plastid.
    • In a paper on the same subject, A. Meyer proposes a somewhat different terminology. […] And since anaplasts, chromoplasts, and autoplasts are all nearly related in structure and origin, he includes them in the common term Trophoplasts.1883, Journal of Microscopy, page 239

Forms of trophoplast

pluraltrophoplasts

Origin of trophoplast

From tropho- + -plast. Coined by Arthur Meyer in 1883.

Questions about trophoplast

What does trophoplast mean?
Trophoplast means any of various organelles found in plant and algae cells, such as a chloroplast, chromoplast, leucoplast, or gerontoplast; a plastid.
What part of speech is trophoplast?
Trophoplast is a noun.
How do you pronounce trophoplast?
Trophoplast is pronounced /ˈtɹɑfoʊplæst/ (US).
What is the plural of trophoplast?
The plural of trophoplast is trophoplasts.

Words near trophoplast in the dictionary

  1. trophophyte
  2. trophophytes
  3. trophoplasm
  4. trophoplasmic
  5. trophoplasms
  6. trophoplast
  7. trophoplasts
  8. trophosomal
  9. trophosome
  10. trophosomes
  11. trophospecies

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