CHLOROPLAST


Meaning of CHLOROPLAST in English

noun

( biology ) the structure in plant cells that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place

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WORD ORIGIN

late 19th cent.: coined in German from Greek khlōros green + plastos formed.

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