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chloroplast

Term: chloroplast
Origin: 

χλωρός/chloros(green) >  χλόη/chloe(=grass) + πλαστός/plastos(=formed)

Coined : before 1914

Definition:

Chloroplasts are organelles found in eukaryotic organisms that conduct photosynthesis and contain chlorophyll .

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