Module
What's known as plugin or addon in other platforms, is what we call a module in the Drupal universe. Drupal core itself is a a collection of modules as well and the community has added and maintains tens of thousands of individual modules on top of that.
Almost all websites have one requirement in common: getting notified when something specific is happening. Whether that's a new blog post, a new comment, a modified version of a node, an exception in the logs or a deleted user account, either the site admin or website visitors would like to know about some or all of these.
The Drupal 8 module Onomasticon automatically displays the definition of taxonomy terms everywhere a term is used. However, you may want to avoid self-definition on the term's own page as its description is already visible without it.