| n. | 1. | (Biol.) A formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. See the Note under Morphon. |
| 2. | (Bot.) 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 |
| Noun | 1. | 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 |
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