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PLASTID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does plastid mean?
• PLASTID (noun)
The noun PLASTID has 1 sense:
1. any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein
Familiarity information: PLASTID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("plastid" is a kind of...):
granule (a tiny grain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plastid"):
chromoplast (plastid containing pigments other than chlorophyll usually yellow or orange carotenoids)
chloroplast (plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis)
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