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proplastid
proplastid n.
Brit. 
/prə(ʊ)ˈplastɪd/
, /prə(ʊ)ˈplastɪd/U.S. /proʊˈplæstəd/
Botany a small organelle, present in the meristematic regions of a plant, that acts as a precursor in the development of plastids./proʊˈplæstəd/ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > substance > cell > cell organelle or contents > [noun] > plastids or aggregate of
homo-organ1883
homoplast1883
trophoplast1883
plastid1885
chloroplast1887
chromatophore1895
proplastid1922
plastidome1926
1922 L. F. Randolph in Bot. Gaz. 73 345 Since these bodies have been found to occur as a constant feature of the cytoplasm of meristematic cells in maize, and inasmuch as they have been found to be definitely concerned with the formation of chloroplasts, the term ‘proplastid’ will be used for such bodies.
2002 Plant Jrnl. 31 713/1 In undifferentiated and meristematic cells, plastids are present in a proplastid form. These small organelles..contain their own genome.
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