1. a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; - Example: "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus" [syn: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cell organelle
n 1: a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the
first organelle to be identified was the nucleus" [syn:
organelle, cell organelle, cell organ]