chloroplastnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈklɒr.ə.plɑːst/us/ˈklɔːr.ə.plæst/specializedone of the parts in a plant cell that contain chlorophyll and where energy provided by light from the sun is turned into food by photosynthesis
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Biochemistry
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- In each assimilating cell there is usually a single large chloroplast.
- The chloroplasts are numerous and nearly round in shape.
- The ground tissue of the leaf is composed of very loose, thin-walled cells, containing numerous chloroplasts.
- The large chloroplast in each half is composed of six longitudinal plates, united at the axis of the cell.
- They contain numerous chloroplasts imbedded in the layer of protoplasm that lines the wall.