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Alga vs Plastid - What's the difference?

alga | plastid |

As nouns the difference between alga and plastid

is that alga is start while plastid is (biology) any of various organelles found in the cells of plants and algae, often concerned with photosynthesis.

alga

English

(wikipedia alga)

Noun

(algae)
  • (biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose form is very diverse; some are eukaryotic and some prokaryotic; includes the seaweeds.

    • Usage notes

    * (term) is a non-standard plural.

    Hyponyms

    * seaweed

    Anagrams

    * * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    plastid

    English

    (wikipedia plastid)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) Any of various organelles found in the cells of plants and algae, often concerned with photosynthesis

    • Derived terms

    * protoplastid