Definitions for plastid

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plastid plas·tid

Spelling: [plas-tid]

IPA: /ˈplæs tɪd/

Plastid is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 263 anagrams from letters in plastid (adilpst).

Definitions for plastid

noun

1. a small, double-membraned organelle of plant cells and certain protists, occurring in several varieties, as the chloroplast, and containing ribosomes, prokaryotic DNA, and, often, pigment.

Origin of plastid

1875-80; German Plastide Greek plastid-, stem of plástis, feminine derivative of plástēs modeler, creator, derivative of plássein to form

Examples for plastid

Vacuoles are seen in cells; and there is an opinion that these may be a special kind of plastid: some vacuoles pulsate.