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.
Cytoplasmic organelle in plants, bounded by a double membrane, that carries its own DNA and is often pigmented. Chloroplasts are plastids.
A double membrane-bound cytoplasmic organelle containing DNA found in plants. Plastids include chloroplasts and chromoplasts.
any of several types of cellular organelle found in plants and algae but not in animals or prokaryotes.
structures within cells that perform photosynthesis or store starch
A chloroplast prior to the development of chlorophyll.
photosynthetic organelles in eukaryotes; descended from photosynthesizing bacteria
Class of cellular organelles found in algae and plants (e.g. tonoplast, chloroplast).
cellular organelle containing pigment, especially in plants, e.g. chloroplast.
Organelle in plants that serves for food manufacture (by photosynthesis) or food storage; bounded by a double membrane.
A type of organelle within a plant cell. Chloroplasts are a type 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
PLAS-tid A plant organelle that encapsulates photosynthetic membranes. 151
vital organelle that aids in the metabolism of unicellular organisms and plant cells (chloroplasts, chromoplasts, leucoplasts are examples)
Any of several pigmented cytoplasmic organelles found in plant cells and other organisms, having various physiological functions, such as the synthesis and storage of food.
A vesicle-like organelle found in plant cells.
Plastids are plant-specific organelles, such as chloroplasts, that carry their own DNA genomes.
Plastids are major organelles found in plants and algae.