Chloroplast

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A chlorophyll-containing plastid found in algal and green plant cells.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An organelle found in the cells of green plants, and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A plastid containing chlorophyll, developed only in cells exposed to the light. Chloroplasts are minute flattened granules, usually occurring in great numbers in the cytoplasm near the cell wall, and consist of a colorless ground substance saturated with chlorophyll pigments. Under light of varying intensity they exhibit phototactic movements. In animals chloroplasts occur only in certain low forms.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as chloroplastid.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    plastid   
     
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