Chloroplasts

/ˈklɔːɹəʊˌplæsts/

Synonyms for "chloroplasts" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
autonomous plastidgenome bearing plastid

Strong matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
green plastid

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
photosynthetic organellephotosynthetic plastidsemi autonomous organelle

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

3 entries
cellular componentorganelleplastid

More specific

4 entries
chloroplast genomechloroplast ribosomegranastroma

Collocations

6 entries
chloroplast DNAchloroplast divisionchloroplast envelopechloroplast genomechloroplast membranechloroplast ribosome

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In the plant cell model that Mario presented, a horse chestnut took the place of the nucleus, a handful of plasticine was the cytoplasm, the organelles were represented by lentils and other beans, small bits of green pipe cleaner served as chloroplasts, and the plastic bottle that held everything was the cell membrane, surrounded by a thick papier-mâché coat for the cell wall.

Source: tatoeba (10614508)

Prokaryotes do not have organelles such as mitochondria or chloroplasts; eukaryotes have a variety of organelles, some of which are separated from the cytoplasm by membranes.

Source: tatoeba (12120049)

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