Definition of "plastide" []

• Archaic form of plastid. (noun)

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• "If Mr. Herbert Spencer will descend from his stilted theory of "molecular machinery worked by molecular force," and tell us what it all means; and, at the same time, turn us out a single plastide particle, or fungus spore, by any generating process referable to "the machinery" in question, we will as devoutly worship Matter and Motion as ever ancient Egyptian did the god Osiris."
• "It accounts for the appearance of every form of life in organic infusions; for _Bacteria_ in the blood, _Torulæ_ in the tissues, plastide particles, morphological cells, and every other vital manifestation, from the smallest conceivable"
• "For all these membranous tissues are innumerably thronged with bioplasts or plastide particles, not for the purposes of obedience to man's will, or of performing any autonomous function, but simply to supply the tissues with the necessary nutrient matter to make up for the constant waste that is going on in a healthy living organ."