葉緑体(ようりょくたい)

Composed of 葉緑(ようりょく) (leaf green, i.e., chlorophyll) and 体(たい) (body). A standard term from biology, learned in middle school and high school science.

Usage

• A plain technical noun; does not take する.
• Typically appears in biology textbooks and discussions of photosynthesis, cell structure, or plant evolution.

Common collocations

• 葉緑体(ようりょくたい)を持(も)つ: to have chloroplasts
• 葉緑体(ようりょくたい)で光合成(こうごうせい)を行(おこな)う: to perform photosynthesis in the chloroplasts
• 葉緑体(ようりょくたい)の構造(こうぞう): the structure of chloroplasts

Related words

• 葉緑素(ようりょくそ): chlorophyll — the green pigment inside the chloroplast
• 光合成(こうごうせい): photosynthesis — the process carried out in the chloroplast
• 細胞(さいぼう): cell — chloroplasts are organelles inside plant cells
• ミトコンドリア: mitochondrion — another major organelle, responsible for energy production