chromoplast
chromoplast Any of various pigment-containing plastids in plant cells. Red, orange, and yellow chromoplasts contain carotenoid pigments and are responsible for the coloration of fruits and flowers. See also plastoglobulus. Compare chloroplast; leucoplast.
More From encyclopedia.com
Bananas , Banana
Bananas, plantains, and their relatives are various species of plants in the family Musaceae. There are about 40 species in this family, divid… Plastid , plastid An organelle that is believed to have evolved from an autotrophic (see AUTOTROPH) endosymbiont early in plant evolution. Plastids occur in a… polyploid , polyploid Describing a nucleus that contains more than two sets of chromosomes (see diploid) or a cell or organism containing such nuclei. For exampl… Pollen , pollen, minute grains, usually yellow in color but occasionally white, brown, red, or purple, borne in the anther sac at the tip of the slender filam… Fruit , fruit, matured ovary of the pistil of a flower, containing the seed. After the egg nucleus, or ovum, has been fertilized (see fertilization) and the… Gametophyte , A gametophyte, or gamete-bearing plant, is one of the two multicellular phases that occur in alternation of generations. The gametophyte is the haplo…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
chromoplast