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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: plastid (0.00967 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: plastid
plastid
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
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Plastid
Plastid
\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. [Archaic]
--Haeckel.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) any of several types of minute granules found in
the protoplasm of vegetable cells, having their own
membrane, robosomes, and DNA. Among plant cells the most
common are
chloroplasts, which contain the chlorophyll
and the photosynthetic machinery of the cell. They are
divided by their colors into three classes,
chloroplastids, chromoplastids, and leucoplastids.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
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