• A plastid containing chlorophyll, developed only in cellsexposed to the light. Chloroplasts are minute flattened granules,usually occurring in great numbers in the cytoplasm near the cellwall, and consist of a colorless ground substance saturated withchlorophyll pigments. Under light of varying intensity they exhibitphototactic movements. In animals chloroplasts occur only in certainlow forms.


    Chloroplast meaning & definition 1 of Chloroplast.


  • one of the parts in a plant cell that contain chlorophyll and where energy provided by light from the sun is turned into food by photosynthesis

    Chloroplast meaning & definition 2 of Chloroplast.


  • (in green plant cells) a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.

    Chloroplast meaning & definition 3 of Chloroplast.

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