plastid


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
plastid /ˈplastɪd/
noun Botany any of a class of small organelles in the cytoplasm of plant cells, containing pigment or food.
– origin C19: from Ger., based on Gk plastos ‘shaped’.
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