chromoplast
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
plast
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
chromoplast
a yellowish to reddish plastid containing carotenoids and found in the cytoplasm of many plant cells
[植]色素母细胞, 成色素细胞
Dissection of chromoplast
chromoplast = chrom (color) + o + plast (mold; shape; form; substance)
chromoplast = a plastid containing colors
chromoplast = extended further to mean a plastid containing yellowish to reddish colors
Now Repeat my Dissection
chromoplast = a plastid containing colors
chromoplast = extended further to mean a plastid containing yellowish to reddish colors
Important roots for this word:
chrom
plast
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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