Category:Plastid

Plas"tid, plas"tide, n. Etym: [gr.

1. (biol.)

Defn: a formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. See the note under morphon. Haeckel.

2. (bot.)

Defn: one of the many minute granules found in the protoplasm of Vegetable cells. They are divided by their colors into three classes, Chloroplastids, chromoplastids, and leucoplastids.