Definition of Chromoplast

1. Noun. Plastid containing pigments other than chlorophyll usually yellow or orange carotenoids.

Generic synonyms: Plastid

Definition of Chromoplast

1. Noun. (biology) Any plastid in which a pigment is synthesized or stored ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chromoplast

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Chromoplast

1. Plant chromatophore filled with red/orange or yellow carotenoid pigment. Responsible for colour of carrot and of many petals. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chromoplast

chromophobe
chromophobe adenoma
chromophobe cells of anterior lobe of hypophysis
chromophobe granules
chromophobes
chromophobia
chromophobic
chromophobic adenoma
chromophore
chromophores
chromophoric
chromophotography
chromophototherapy
chromophyte
chromophytes
chromoplast (current term)
chromoplastid
chromoplastids
chromoplasts
chromoprotein
chromoproteins
chromos
chromoshadow
chromoshadows
chromosomal
chromosomal RNA
chromosomal aberration
chromosomal anomaly
chromosomal deletion
chromosomal gap

Literary usage of Chromoplast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1910)
"The chromoplasts impart red, orange, and yellow colors to flowers and fruits, where, within the chromoplast body, the reds occur as crystalline carotin and ..."

2. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1916)
"The chromoplasts impart red, orange, and yellow colors to flowers and fruits, where, within the chromoplast body, the reds occur as crystal- . line carotin ..."

3. The evolution of plant life, lower forms by George Massee (1891)
"... having a spongy texture called the chromoplast, and the green colouring matter or chlorophyll which fills the cavities of the chromoplast. ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"... likewise undergo a transformation into a yellow orange-colored body, known as a chromoplast, the pigment associated with it being called by the author, ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1904)
"The yellow color in certain roots, flowers and fruits is apparently in all cases due to a yellow pigment associated with a plastid known as a chromoplast. ..."

6. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"This depends either on xantho- phyll or carotin. The pigments are not uniformly dissolved in the chromoplast but form minute droplets (grana) in the its ..."

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