English Explanatory Dictionary

trophoplast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹɑfoʊplæst/

Word forms

trophoplast trophoplasts

Etymology

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

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