Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plastid \Plas"tid\, Plastide \Plas"tide\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a
creator.]
1. (Biol.) A formative particle of albuminous matter; a
monad; a cytode. See the Note under Morphon. [Archaic]
--Haeckel.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) any of several types of minute granules found in
the protoplasm of vegetable cells, having their own
membrane, robosomes, and DNA. Among plant cells the most
common are chloroplasts, which contain the chlorophyll
and the photosynthetic machinery of the cell. They are
divided by their colors into three classes,
chloroplastids, chromoplastids, and leucoplastids.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
plastid
n 1: any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the
cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or
starch or oil or protein