| AMYLOPLASTS | • amyloplasts n. Plural of amyloplast. • AMYLOPLAST n. a colourless plastid that forms and stores starch. |
| APOPLASTS | • apoplasts n. Plural of apoplast. • APOPLAST n. the non-protoplasmic component of a plant, including the cell walls and intercellular material. |
| BIOPLASTS | • bioplasts n. Plural of bioplast. • BIOPLAST n. a tiny mass of bioplasm, in itself a living unit and having formative power, as a living white blood corpuscle, also BIOBLAST. |
| BLEPHAROPLASTS | • blepharoplasts n. Plural of blepharoplast. • BLEPHAROPLAST n. a basal body esp. of a flagellated cell. |
| CHLOROPLASTS | • chloroplasts n. Plural of chloroplast. • CHLOROPLAST n. a plastid that contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis. |
| CHROMOPLASTS | • chromoplasts n. Plural of chromoplast. • CHROMOPLAST n. a colored plastid usually containing red or yellow pigment, such as carotene. |
| CYTOPLASTS | • cytoplasts n. Plural of cytoplast. • CYTOPLAST n. the intact cytoplasm of a single cell. |
| KINETOPLASTS | • kinetoplasts n. Plural of kinetoplast. • KINETOPLAST n. a DNA body located near the base of the flagellum in flagellate protozoa, also KINETONUCLEUS. |
| LEUCOPLASTS | • leucoplasts n. Plural of leucoplast. • LEUCOPLAST n. a colorless plastid in the cytoplasm of plant cells around which starch collects. |
| LIPIDOPLASTS | • LIPIDOPLAST n. a small particle in plant cytoplasm, esp. that of seeds, in which fat is stored. |
| LIPOPLASTS | • LIPOPLAST n. a small particle in plant cytoplasm esp. that of seeds in which fat is stored. |
| PERIPLASTS | • periplasts n. Plural of periplast. • PERIPLAST n. an intercellular substance; the ectoplasm of flagellates. |
| PHRAGMOPLASTS | • phragmoplasts n. Plural of phragmoplast. • PHRAGMOPLAST n. the enlarged barrel-shaped spindle that is characteristic of the later stages of plant mitosis and within which the cell plate forms. |
| PROTOPLASTS | • protoplasts n. Plural of protoplast. • PROTOPLAST n. living material within a cell divided into discrete structures; the protein of which cells are composed. |
| SPHEROPLASTS | • spheroplasts n. Plural of spheroplast. • SPHEROPLAST n. a bacterium or yeast cell that is modified, as by enzymatic action, so that there is partial loss of the cell wall and increased osmotic sensitivity. |
| SYMPLASTS | • symplasts n. Plural of symplast. • SYMPLAST n. the continuous network of protoplasts. |
| TONOPLASTS | • tonoplasts n. Plural of tonoplast. • TONOPLAST n. a semipermeable membrane surrounding a plant vacuole. |