chlorophyll a
The universal chlorophyll essential to the dominant oxygenic photosynthesis I process,…The universal chlorophyll (C₅₅H₇₂MgN₄O₅) essential to the dominant oxygenic photosynthesis I process, present in all eukaryotes, cyanobacteria, chromists, and prochlorophytes that photosynthesize, and that contributes to the observed green color of these organisms.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The universal chlorophyll (C₅₅H₇₂MgN₄O₅) essential to the dominant oxygenic photosynthesis I process, present in all eukaryotes, cyanobacteria, chromists, and prochlorophytes that photosynthesize, and that contributes to the observed green color of these organisms.
- a blue-black plant pigment having a blue-green alcohol solution; found in all higher plants
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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