chloroplast

See also: Chloroplast

English

Etymology

chloro- +‎ -plast

Pronunciation

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Noun

chloroplast (plural chloroplasts)

(cytology) An organelle found in the cells of green plants, and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place.

Translations

photosynthetic organelle

Azerbaijani: xloroplast
Chinese:
Mandarin: 葉綠體 (zh), 叶绿体 (zh) (yèlǜtǐ)

Min Nan: 葉綠體 (ia̍p-le̍k-thé)
Danish: grønkorn n, kloroplast c
Dutch: bladgroenkorrel (nl)
Finnish: viherhiukkanen (fi)
French: chloroplaste (fr) m
German: Chloroplast (de) m
Hungarian: kloroplasztisz
Icelandic: grænukorn n
Italian: cloroplasto (it) m
Japanese: 葉緑体 (ja) (ようりょくたい, yōryokutai)

Kannada: ಎಲೆಮನೆ (kn) (elemane)
Maori: pūmāota, pūkāriki
Persian: سبزدیسه‎ (fa) (sabzdise)
Portuguese: cloroplasto (pt) m
Russian: хлоропла́ст (ru) m (xloroplást)
Sinhalese: හරිතලව (si) (haritalava)
Spanish: cloroplasto (es) m
Swahili: chembeumbijani
Tagalog: luntikatwan
Tamil: பச்சையமணி (paccaiyamaṇi), பசுங்கணிகம் (pacuṅkaṇikam)
Turkish: kloroplast (tr)
Vietnamese: lạp lục

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