Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plastid"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Plastid \Plas"tid\, Plastide \Plas"tide\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a
creator.]
1. (Biol.) A formative particle of albuminous matter; a
monad; a cytode. See the Note under {Morphon}. --Haeckel.

2. (Bot.) One of the many minute granules found in the
protoplasm of vegetable cells. They are divided by their
colors into three classes, chloroplastids, chromoplastids,
and leucoplastids.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

plastid
n : 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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