chlorophyll
Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in…Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.
» Plants use chlorophyll to produce energy.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.
Chlorophyll, Blattgrün
хлорофи́ллxlorofíll
any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms
Examples
6 sentencesPlants use chlorophyll to produce energy.
Vegetation is green because of the chlorophyll.
ruРастения зелёные благодаря хлорофиллу.
Aspen also produce chlorophyll in their bark, allowing the tree to begin photosynthesizing before leaves have emerged.
Plant pigments such as the carotenoids and chlorophylls will react similarly when exposed to light of high intensity.
Claude, an autotropic boy in my class whose skin is green due to chlorophyll, dreams of foresting the moon.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French chlorophylle, from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”) and φBorrowed from French chlorophylle, from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”) and φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
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Forms
plural: chlorophyllsSynonyms
1 synonyms- any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms:chlorophyl
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable