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ˈklɔr əˌplæst, ˈkloʊr-chloro·plast

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  1. chloroplastnoun

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

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  1. chloroplastnoun

    An organelle found in the cells of green plants, and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place.

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  1. Chloroplast

    A chloroplast is a type of membrane-bound organelle known as a plastid that conducts photosynthesis mostly in plant and algal cells. The photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll captures the energy from sunlight, converts it, and stores it in the energy-storage molecules ATP and NADPH while freeing oxygen from water in the cells. The ATP and NADPH is then used to make organic molecules from carbon dioxide in a process known as the Calvin cycle. Chloroplasts carry out a number of other functions, including fatty acid synthesis, much amino acid synthesis, and the immune response in plants. The number of chloroplasts per cell varies from one, in unicellular algae, up to 100 in plants like Arabidopsis and wheat. A chloroplast is characterized by its two membranes and a high concentration of chlorophyll. Other plastid types, such as the leucoplast and the chromoplast, contain little chlorophyll and do not carry out photosynthesis. Chloroplasts are highly dynamic—they circulate and are moved around within plant cells, and occasionally pinch in two to reproduce. Their behavior is strongly influenced by environmental factors like light color and intensity. Chloroplasts, like mitochondria, contain their own DNA, which is thought to be inherited from their ancestor—a photosynthetic cyanobacterium that was engulfed by an early eukaryotic cell. Chloroplasts cannot be made by the plant cell and must be inherited by each daughter cell during cell division. With one exception (the amoeboid Paulinella chromatophora), all chloroplasts can probably be traced back to a single endosymbiotic event, when a cyanobacterium was engulfed by the eukaryote. Despite this, chloroplasts can be found in an extremely wide set of organisms, some not even directly related to each other—a consequence of many secondary and even tertiary endosymbiotic events. The word chloroplast is derived from the Greek words chloros (χλωρός), which means green, and plastes (πλάστης), which means "the one who forms".

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  1. chloroplast

    Chloroplasts are organelles found in plant cells and eukaryotic algae that conduct photosynthesis. They absorb sunlight and use it in conjunction with water and carbon dioxide to produce glucose for plants to use as energy. Chloroplasts contain a green pigment called chlorophyll which is essential for photosynthesis.

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  1. Chloroplast

    Chloroplasts are organelles found in plant cells and some other eukaryotic organisms. As well as conducting photosynthesis, they carry out almost all fatty acid synthesis in plants, and are involved in a plant's immune response. A chloroplast is a type of plastid which specializes in photosynthesis. During photosynthesis, chloroplasts capture the sun's light energy, and store it in the energy storage molecules ATP and NADPH while freeing oxygen from water. They then use the ATP and NADPH to make organic molecules from carbon dioxide in a process known as the Calvin cycle. The word chloroplast is derived from the Greek words chloros, which means green, and plastes, which means "the one who forms".

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of chloroplast in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of chloroplast in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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