: any of various cytoplasmic organelles (such as an amyloplast or chloroplast) of photosynthetic organisms (such as plants) that serve in many cases as centers of special metabolic activities (such as starch storage)
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Senior author Benoît Boachon, a plant biochemist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, says most plants keep GGP and NUDX1 hydrolase in another area called the plastids.
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Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 3 May 2023
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“Plastid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plastid. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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plastid
noun
plas·tid
ˈplas-təd 
: any of various small bodies (as chloroplasts) that occur in the cytoplasm of cells of photosynthetic organisms (as plants) and that often serve as centers for special activities (as storage of starch)
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plastid
noun
plas·tid
ˈplas-təd
: any of various cytoplasmic organelles of photosynthetic cells that serve in many cases as centers of special metabolic activities
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