CHLOROPLAST
Dictionary entry overview: What does chloroplast mean? • CHLOROPLAST (noun)
The noun CHLOROPLAST has 1 sense:
1. plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis
Familiarity information: CHLOROPLAST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHLOROPLAST (noun)
Meaning:
Plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("chloroplast" is a kind of...):
plastid (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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