Meaning of PLASTID
| Pronunciation: | | 'plastid
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein |
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| | See Also: | | chloroplast, chromoplast, granule | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Plas"tid\, Plastide \Plas"tide\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a
creator.]
1. (Biol.) A formative particle of albuminous matter; a
monad; a cytode. See the Note under {Morphon}. --Haeckel.
2. (Bot.) One of the many minute granules found in the
protoplasm of vegetable cells. They are divided by their
colors into three classes, chloroplastids, chromoplastids,
and leucoplastids.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A class of organelles produced only in plants and some protists, the most familiar being chloroplasts. |
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