trophoplast
English
Etymology
tropho- + -plast. Coined by Arthur Meyer in 1883.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɑfoʊplæst/
Noun
trophoplast (plural trophoplasts)
- (cytology, dated) Any of various organelles found in plant and algae cells, such as a chloroplast, chromoplast, leucoplast, or gerontoplast; a plastid.
- 1883, Journal of Microscopy, page 239:
- 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.
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