Canadian English Meaning of chloroplast

Chloroplast

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Wordnet

chloroplast (n)

plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis

Webster

chloroplast (n.)

A plastid containing chlorophyll, developed only in cells exposed to the light. Chloroplasts are minute flattened granules, usually occurring in great numbers in the cytoplasm near the cell wall, and consist of a colorless ground substance saturated with chlorophyll pigments. Under light of varying intensity they exhibit phototactic movements. In animals chloroplasts occur only in certain low forms.

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Chloroplast

plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesisA plastid containing chlorophyll, developed only in cells exposed to t

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chloropicrin => Chloropicrin, chlorophyte => Chlorophyte, chlorophyta => Chlorophyte, chlorophyllum molybdites => Sulfur Knight, chlorophyllous => chlorophyllous,