Definition of chromoplast in English:
 chromoplast
noun ˈkrəʊməplastˈkrəʊməplɑːstˈkrōməˌplast
Botany A coloured plastid other than a chloroplast, typically containing a yellow or orange pigment.
 Example sentencesExamples
-  To determine the robustness of these interlinked chromoplasts, protoplasts were made from ripe pericarp fruit tissue and examined for chromoplast-associated GFP fluorescence.
 -  Conversion of chloroplasts to chromoplasts occurs well before flower opening and thus before the reproductive function of the flower commences.
 -  As ripening progresses, fruit colour changes from green to red as chloroplasts are transformed into chromoplasts, chlorophyll is degraded and carotenoids accumulate.
 -  Although control of gene expression at the transcriptional level is a key regulatory mechanism controlling carotenogenesis in chromoplasts, it is not the only one.
 -  In ripening fruit, chloroplasts develop into chromoplasts and there are large changes in stromule number and morphology, particularly in the inner mesocarp cells.
 
Origin
  
Late 19th century: from chromo-2 'colour' + Greek plastos 'formed'.