Chloroplast Definition

klôrə-plăst
chloroplasts
noun
A green, oval plastid containing chlorophyll and carotenoids and found in the cytoplasm of green plants and blue-green algae.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Chloroplast

Noun

Singular:
chloroplast
Plural:
chloroplasts

Origin of Chloroplast

  • chloro– plast(id)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • chloro- +‎ -plast

    From Wiktionary

Chloroplast Sentence Examples

  • These substances can, however, be dissolved out in water, and the green coloring matter of the chloroplast then becomes visible.

  • Sometimes several pyrenoids occur in each chloroplast.

  • Each cell is nearly circular and a single bright green chloroplast fills the entire cell.

  • A chloroplast is an organelle in green plants containing the light harvesting pigment chlorophyll.

  • The chloroplast consists of two parts, a colorless ground substance, and a green coloring matter, which is contained either in the form of fibrils, or in more or less regular spherical masses, in the colorless ground-mass.

More Sentences

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to chloroplast using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

CCHCHL

Words Ending With

TSTAST

Unscrambles

chloroplast

Words Starting With C and Ending With T

Starts With C & Ends With TStarts With CH & Ends With TStarts With C & Ends With ST

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With C11 Letter Words Ending With T