Definition of "chloroplasts" []

• Plural form of chloroplast. (noun)

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• "The same enzyme exists in chloroplasts and bacteria."
• "It appears that originally free-living green bacteria were hijacked into plant cells, where they eventually evolved into what we now call chloroplasts."
• "There's the familiar system of organelles called chloroplasts that turn sunlight into fuel via photosynthesis."