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Definition of: chloroplast
(klôr′ə·plast, klō′rə-) noun Bot.
One of the flattened bodies or plastids containing chlorophyll found in the cell cytoplasm of plants. Also chlo′ro·plas′tid. [<CHLORO- + PLAST(ID)]
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