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