chlorophyll

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/ˈklɒɹ.ə.fɪl/ English

Definitions

noun

Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.

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Synonyms

chlorophyl harvesting leaf-green chlorophyllide chlorophyllin chrysophyll protochlorophyllide chlorophyll a chlorophane holophytochrome chlorophyll b phycocyanin chloropigment allophycocyanin protochlorophilide chemochrome

Associated

photosynthesis chlorosis fluorescence phytoplankton chloroplast subsisting quenching singlet senescence cyanobacteria pigment heme

Rhymes

sporophyll chlorophyl sporophyl

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