Look up: chloroplast


  1. chloroplast
    Type: Term Pronunciation: klōr′ō-plast Definitions: 1. A plant cell inclusion body containing chlorophyll; occurs in cells of leaves and young stems. Site of photosynthesis in higher plants.
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  2. chloroplast
    A chlorophyll-containing plastid found in algal and green plant cells.
    Found op http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/glossary_4.html

  3. Chloroplast
    In eukaryotic organisms, the cellular organelle in which photosynthesis takes place
    Found op http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/glossary.c.html

  4. chloroplast
    An organelle in the cells of green plants. It contains chlorophyll and functions in photosynthesis and protein synthesis.
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  5. chloroplast
    [n] - plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments
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  6. Chloroplast
    [pronounce: klor-O-plast ] Green disc containing chlorophyll. Found in plant cells and used to make food by photosynthesis.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20442

  7. Chloroplast
    The inclusions (plastids) within plant cells which contain chlorophyll.
    Found op http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/Townsend/Glossary/GlossaryC.html

  8. chloroplast
    Photosynthetic organelle of higher plants. Lens-shaped and rather variable in size but approximately 5µm long. Surrounded by a double membrane and contains circular DNA (though not enough to code for all proteins in the chloroplast). Like the mitochondrion, it is semi-autonomous. It resembles a c...
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  9. Chloroplast
    Chlo'ro·plast noun [ Prefix chloro- + Greek ... to mold, form.] (Biol.) A plastid containing chlorophyll, developed only in cells exposed to the light. Chloroplasts are minute flattened granules, usually occurring in great numbers in the cy...
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  10. chloroplast
    Photosynthetic organelle of higher plants. Lens shaped and rather variable in size but approximately 5m long. Surrounded by a double membrane and contains circular DNA though not enough to code for all proteins in the chloroplast). Like the mitochondrion, it is semi autonomous. It resembles a cyanob...
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  11. chloroplast
    noun plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=chloroplast



  1. chloroplast
    (klor´o-plast) the photosynthetic unit of a plant cell, containing all the chlorophyll.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  2. Chloroplast
    • (n.) A plastid containing chlorophyll, developed only in cells exposed to the light. Chloroplasts are minute flattened granules, usually occurring in great numbers in the cytoplasm near the cell wall, and consist of a colorless ground substance saturated with chlorophyll pigments. Under light...
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  3. chloroplast
    structure within a green plant cell in which photosynthesis occurs. One of three types of round, oval, or disk-shaped bodies known as plastids, ... [10 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/75

  4. Chloroplast
    Chloroplasts (s) are organelles found in plant cells and other eukaryotic organisms that conduct photosynthesis. Chloroplasts capture light energy, store it in the energy storage molecules ATP and NADPH and use it in the process called photosynthesis to make organic molecules and free oxygen from c...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroplast

  5. Chloroplast
    Organelle in a cell that contains chlorophyll and produces organic energy through photosynthesis.
    Found op http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/c.html

  6. chloroplast
    Chloroplast. Anticlockwise from top left: Plant cell containing chloroplasts (green); diagram of chloroplast; micrograph of chloroplast. Credit and © Pearson Education, Inc. An organelle found within the cells of green plants and eukaryotic algae which contains the membranes, photosynthetic...
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  7. chloroplast
    chloroplast (klōr'uplăst", klôr'–) , a complex, discrete green structure, or organelle, contained in the cytoplasm of plant cells. Chloroplasts are reponsible for the green color of almost all plants and are lacking only in plants that do not make their own food, ...
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  8. chloroplast
    Click images to enlargeStructure (organelle) within a plant cell containing the green pigment chlorophyll. Chloroplasts occur in most cells of green plants that are exposed to light, often in large numbers. Typically, they are shaped like a flattened disc, with a double membrane enclosing the...
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  9. chloroplast
    Gk: chloros=green; plastos=shaped)a small organelle (plastid), containing chlorophyll, found in plant cells undergoing photosynthesis.
    Found op http://www.seafriends.org.nz/books/glossary.htm

  10. chloroplast
    an organelle present in plant cells that contains chlorophyll.
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_botanical_terms

  11. chloroplast
    1) Chlorophyll is stored here. 2) Only in plant cells, this organelle converts sunlight into energy for the cell 3) Plastid
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/chloroplast/1

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