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trophoplast

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

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trophoplast (plural trophoplasts)

  1. (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.