plastid
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plastid
- /ˈplæ.stɪd/ US
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From German Plastid, from Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós), verbal adjective of πλάσσω (plássō).
noun plastids
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Any of various organelles found in the cells of plants and algae, often used for photosynthesis.
All plants on Earth contain plastids, a basic photosynthetic engine. And plastids can be traced back to that one event some 1.5 billion years ago, when a single-celled organism merged with a photosynthetic bacterium.
Similar: plastidium
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Talk about this word "plastid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/plastid. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. plastid. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/plastid "plastid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/plastid.Cite this
@misc{plastid_2026,
title = {plastid},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plastid},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
