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Meaning of trophoplast | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˈtɹɑfoʊplæst

Definitions

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

dated

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

trophosome trophospecies trophosperm trophotherapy trophotropism trophotropy

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