Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

apicoplast

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: api-coplast
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A relict, non-photosynthetic plastid found in most of the Apicomplexa, proposed to have evolved via secondary endosymbiosis and surrounded by four membranes within the outermost part of the endomembrane system

Inflected Forms

apicoplasts (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

apicoplastic

Questions

What does apicoplast mean?: A relict, non-photosynthetic plastid found in most of the Apicomplexa, proposed to have evolved via secondary endosymbiosis and surrounded by four membranes within the outermost part of the endomembrane system

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