trophoplast

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɑfoʊplæst/

Noun

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.