apicoplastic

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adjective

Relating to apicoplasts

OriginEnglish plastic ← Latin plasticus ← Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós) →
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Meanings

adjectiveapicoplastic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to apicoplasts

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  2. Proto-Italic*apeks
  3. Latinapex
  4. Englishapico-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  6. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  7. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  8. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  9. Latinplasticus
  10. Englishplastic
  11. Englishapicoplastic

From apico- + plastic.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with apicoplastic

fantasticelasticenthusiasticstochasticdrasticthermoplasticsarcasticantineoplasticmonasticinelasticgymnasticmasticviscoelasticdynasticbombasticaplasticanaplasticiconoclasticclasticpyroclastictrophoblasticdysplasticecclesiasticorgiastic
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Cite this entry
APA

apicoplastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apicoplastic

MLA

“apicoplastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apicoplastic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apicoplastic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apicoplastic.

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