chloroplast

Noun

 * 1)  An organelle, found in the cells of green plants and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place, characterized by a high concentration of chlorophyll and two membranes.

Hypernyms

 * plastid

Coordinate terms

 * leucoplast, chromoplast

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: xloroplast
 * Chinese:
 * Hokkien: 葉綠體
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: grønkorn, kloroplast
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 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: grænukorn
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 * Kannada:
 * Maori: pūmāota, pūkāriki
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 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: chembeumbijani, kloroplasti
 * Tagalog: luntikatwan
 * Tamil: பச்சையமணி, பசுங்கணிகம்
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: lạp lục,

Etymology

 * compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.