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CHLOROPLAST
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis
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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)