Usually means: Organelle for photosynthesis in plants.
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  1. chloroplast: Merriam-Webster
  2. chloroplast: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chloroplast: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. chloroplast: Wordnik
  7. chloroplast: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Chloroplast, Chloroplast: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. chloroplast: Wiktionary
  10. chloroplast: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. chloroplast: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  14. Chloroplast: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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▸ noun:  (cytology) An organelle, found in the cells of green plants and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place, characterized by a high concentration of chlorophyll and two membranes.

Similar:
plastid, plastide, trophoplast, chloroplastid, chromoplast, macrochloroplast, leucoplast, plant, plastome, ectoplast, more...

Types:
pyrenoid, more...

Phrases:
Chloroplast DNA, chloroplast rna, dna, chloroplast, dna chloroplast, more...

Adjectives:
single, large, shaped, parietal, mature, intact, green, isolated, reticulate, like, stellate

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    green,     lime,     olive,     forest green,     emerald, more...

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Similar:
plastid, plastide, trophoplast, chloroplastid, chromoplast, macrochloroplast, leucoplast, plant, plastome, ectoplast, more...

Types:
pyrenoid, more...

Phrases:
Chloroplast DNA, chloroplast rna, dna, chloroplast, dna chloroplast, more...

Adjectives:
single, large, shaped, parietal, mature, intact, green, isolated, reticulate, like, stellate

Colors:
    green,     lime,     olive,     forest green,     emerald, more...



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