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Where does “iridoplast” come from?

iridoplast (English) comes from English -plast, from Ancient Greek πλᾰστός.

iridoplast (English): Any of the epidermal chloroplasts of certain...

Definitions

  1. Any of the epidermal chloroplasts of certain...

Ancestry of “iridoplast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-plastA small body, structure, particle, or granule,...
2Ancient Greekπλᾰστός—
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