PLASTID

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Meaning:

Any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("plastid" is a kind of...):

granule (a tiny grain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plastid"):

chromoplast (plastid containing pigments other than chlorophyll usually yellow or orange carotenoids)

chloroplast (plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis)