Plastid - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: plastidChloroplast
A plastid containing chlorophyll developed only in cells exposed to the light Chloroplasts are minute flattened granules usually occurring in great numbers in the cytoplasm near the cell wall and consist of a colorless ground substance saturated with chlorophyll pigments Under light of varying intensity they exhibit phototactic movements In animals chloroplasts occur only in certain low forms...
Homoplast
One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel also called homooumlrgan...
Idorgan
A morphological unit consisting of two or more plastids which does not possess the positive character of the person or stock in distinction from the physiological organ or biorgan See Morphon...
Meride
A permanent colony of cells or plastids which may remain isolated like Rotifer or may multiply by gemmation to form higher aggregates termed zoides...
Plastid
A formative particle of albuminous matter a monad a cytode See the Note under Morphon...
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