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plastid
CIDE DICTIONARY
plastid, n. [Gr. , , a creator.].
- A formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. See the Note under Morphon. Haeckel. [1913 Webster]
- any of several types of minute granules found in the protoplasm of vegetable cells, having their own membrane, robosomes, and DNA. Among plant cells the most common are
chloroplasts , which contain the chlorophyll and the photosynthetic machinery of the cell. They are divided by their colors into three classes, chloroplastids, chromoplastids, and leucoplastids. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
plastid, n. any small organelle in the cytoplasm of a plant cell, containing pigment or food.
Etymology
G f. Gk plastos shaped
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