PLASTID


Meaning of PLASTID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈplas-təd ]

noun

Etymology: German, from Greek plastos molded

Date: 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 pla-ˈsti-dē-əl adjective

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