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chloroplast

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈklɔːɹəʊˌplæst/
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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chloroplastid

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plastid

History

Etymology

From chloro- + -plast.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: xloroplast — photosynthetic organelle
  • Catalan: cloroplast — photosynthetic organelle
  • Chinese: 葉綠體 /叶绿体 (ia̍p-le̍k-thé) — photosynthetic organelle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 葉綠體 /叶绿体 (yèlǜtǐ) — photosynthetic organelle
  • Danish: grønkorn — photosynthetic organelle
  • Danish: kloroplast — photosynthetic organelle
  • Dutch: bladgroenkorrel — photosynthetic organelle
  • Finnish: viherhiukkanen — photosynthetic organelle
  • French: chloroplaste — photosynthetic organelle
  • German: Chloroplast — photosynthetic organelle
  • Hungarian: kloroplasztisz — photosynthetic organelle
  • Icelandic: grænukorn — photosynthetic organelle
  • Italian: cloroplasto — photosynthetic organelle
  • Japanese: 葉緑体 (yōryokutai) — photosynthetic organelle
  • Kannada: ಎಲೆಮನೆ (elemane) — photosynthetic organelle
  • Latin: chlōroplastum — photosynthetic organelle
  • Māori: pūmāota — photosynthetic organelle
  • Māori: pūkāriki — photosynthetic organelle
  • Persian: سبزدیسه (sabzdise) — photosynthetic organelle
  • Polish: chloroplast — photosynthetic organelle
  • Portuguese: cloroplasto — photosynthetic organelle
  • Romanian: cloroplast — photosynthetic organelle
  • Russian: хлоропла́ст (xloroplást) — photosynthetic organelle
  • Sinhalese: හරිතලව (haritalawa) — photosynthetic organelle
  • Spanish: cloroplasto — photosynthetic organelle
  • Swahili: chembeumbijani — photosynthetic organelle
  • Swahili: kloroplasti — photosynthetic organelle
  • Tagalog: luntikatwan — photosynthetic organelle
  • Tamil: பச்சையமணி (paccaiyamaṇi) — photosynthetic organelle
  • Tamil: பசுங்கணிகம் (pacuṅkaṇikam) — photosynthetic organelle
  • Turkish: kloroplast — photosynthetic organelle
  • Vietnamese: lạp lục — photosynthetic organelle
  • Vietnamese: lục lạp — photosynthetic organelle
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