plastid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein

WordNet

Plas"tid, Plas"tide noun (Also<
  • Plastid
  • Plastide
)
Etymology
Gr. , , a creator.
Definitions
  1. (Biol.) A formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. See the Note under Morphon. Haeckel.
  2. (Bot.) One of the many minute granules found in the protoplasm of vegetable cells. They are divided by their colors into three classes, chloroplastids, chromoplastids, and leucoplastids.

Webster 1913