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    PLASTID

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     I. (noun) 

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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 proteinplay

    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)

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