noun
- a specialized structure in plant cells that contains pigments or stores materials, including chloroplasts and other organelles
Usage: biology
Examples
- Chloroplasts are the most well-known type of plastid in plant cells.
- The plastids in the leaf cells contain chlorophyll for photosynthesis.
- Different types of plastids serve various functions in plant metabolism.
- Chromoplasts are plastids that give fruits and flowers their bright colors.
- The student examined plastids under the microscope during biology lab.
- Plastids can transform from one type to another as the plant develops.