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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In botany, a plastid.

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  • Subsequent fate of corpus luteum (continue) • Human chorionic gonadotropin hCG secreted by the trophoplast cells of the developing embryo prevent degeneration of the corpus luteum of pregnancy.

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