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Plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments
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chloroplast
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context cytology English) An organelle found in the cells of green plants, and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1887, from German chloroplast (1884, E. Strasburger), shortened from chloroplastid (1883, F.W. Schimper); see chloro- + -plast .
Wikipedia
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Chloroplasts are organelles , specialized subunits, in plant and algal cells. Their discovery inside plant cells is usually credited to Julius von Sachs (1832–1897), an influential botanist and author of standard botanical textbooks – sometimes called "The ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chloroplast \Chlo"ro*plast\, n. [Pref. chloro- + Gr. ? to mold, form.] (Biol.) 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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis
Usage examples of chloroplast.
They could not be plants, or green, without their chloroplasts, which run the photosynthetic enterprise and generate oxygen for the rest of us.
As it turns out, chloroplasts are also separate creatures with their own genomes, speaking their own language.
It has recently been reported that the nucleic acid of chloroplasts is, in fact, homologous with that of certain photosynthetic microorganisms.
Actually, the suggestion that chloroplasts and mitochondria might be endosymbionts was made as long ago as 1885, but one might expect, nevertheless, that confirmation of the suggestion would have sent the investigators out into the streets, hallooing.
There may have been elements of luck in the emergence of chloroplasts, but once these things were on the scene, the evolution of the sky became absolutely ordained.
He was looking specifically for chlorophyll, chloroplasts, magnesium, and other signs of plant life.
The chloroplasts of a plant cell-small green particles containing chlorophyll-absorb the energy of sunlight to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen atoms.
The cotyledons emerged and chloroplasts oriented themselves to the light.
He was naked, his green skin exposed to the array of sunlamps mounted on the ceiling, his chloroplasts churning out a flood of sugar that he found more satisfying than any pre-dinner drink had ever been.
At least, they have chloroplasts in their skin, they photosynthesize, they love bright light.
Eventually, those algae became the chloroplasts that now handle the processes of photosynthesis in plants.
And they were descended from primordial bacteria just as chloroplasts were from algae.
If they removed chloroplasts from plant cells, again the consequence would be widespread death, catastrophe, for plant photosynthesis provided the raw material, the food, for all animal life.
Chloroplast is a plastid which contains chlorophyll, with or without any other pigments, embedded singly or in considerable numbers in the cytoplasm of a plant cell.
The mycelia pumped energetic photons directly into the chloroplasts, having bucket-brigaded them down their endless molecular corridors, not spilling a single one into the outside environment.