homoplast

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• Homoplast — Hom o*plast, n. (Biol.) One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; also called homo[ o]rgan. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• homoplast — n. [Gr. homos, same; plastos, formed] An idorgan composed of similar plastids; see alloplast …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• Homoorgan — Ho mo*[ o]r gan [Homo + organ.] Same as {Homoplast}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• alloplast — n. [Gr. allos, other; plassein, to mold] A cell organelle composed of more than one kind of tissue; see homoplast …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology