Plastide
n.-
(Biol.) A formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. See the Note under
Morphon . -
(Bot.) any of several types of minute granules found in the protoplasm of vegetable cells, having their own membrane, robosomes, and DNA. Among plant cells the most common are
chloroplasts , which contain the chlorophyll and the photosynthetic machinery of the cell. They are divided by their colors into three classes, chloroplastids, chromoplastids, and leucoplastids.

