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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) plastid
a small, double-membraned organelle of plant cells and certain protists, occurring in several varieties, as the chloroplast, and containing ribosomes, prokaryotic DNA, and, often, pigment.

Etymology: (1875–80; < G Plastide < Gk plastid-, s. of plástis, fem. der. of plástēs modeler, creator, der. of plássein to form)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) 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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1. (noun) plastid
alt. of Plastide

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