chlo·ro·phyll also chlo·ro·phyl (klôr  -f l, kl r-)n. Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria, especially: a. A waxy blue-black microcrystalline green-plant pigment, C55H72MgN4O5, with a characteristic blue-green alcohol solution. Also called chlorophyll a. b. A similar green-plant pigment, C55H70MgN4O6, having a brilliant green alcohol solution. Also called chlorophyll b. chlo  ro·phyllous adj. |
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| Noun | 1. |  chlorophyl - any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring formschlorophyll a - a blue-black plant pigment having a blue-green alcohol solution; found in all higher plants chlorophyll b - a dark-green plant pigment having a brilliant green alcohol solution; generally characteristic of higher plants chlorofucin, chlorophyll c - the chlorophyll present in brown algae, diatoms, and flagellates chlorophyll d - the chlorophyll found (together with chlorophyll a) in red algae pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) |
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