Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heteroplastide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
het-ero-plas-tide
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organism composed of different types of tissue (as most animals and plants)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English plastide English heteroplastide From hetero- + plastide.

Inflected Forms

Antonyms

homoplastide

Questions

What does heteroplastide mean?
An organism composed of different types of tissue (as most animals and plants)
Where does heteroplastide come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English plastide English heteroplastide From hetero- + plastide.

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