Plastid
Pronunciation : Plas"tid, Plas"tide
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Gr.
Definition : 1. (Biol.)
Defn: A formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. See the Note under Morphon. Haeckel.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: One of the many minute granules found in the protoplasm of vegetable cells. They are divided by their colors into three classes, chloroplastids, chromoplastids, and leucoplastids.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913