PLASTID


Meaning of PLASTID in English

[plas.tid] n [G, fr. Gk plastos molded] (1885): any of various cytoplasmic organelles (as an amyloplast or chloroplast) of photosynthetic cells that serve in many cases as centers of special metabolic activities -- plas.tid.i.al adj

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