A chloroplast or green plastid in a plant cell, responsible for capturing light energy and producing food.
From chloro- (green) plus -plastid (from Greek 'plastos' meaning formed), a variant term for chloroplast.
The term 'chloroplastid' is less common today, but it reflects how scientists once debated whether these organelles were truly separate structures within cells—we now know they have their own DNA!
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