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chlorophyllous

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chlo⋅ro⋅phyl⋅lous

  [klawr-uh-fil-uhs, klohr-]
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–adjective
of or containing chlorophyll.
Also, chlo⋅ro⋅phyl⋅lose  [klawr-uh-fil-ohs, klohr-] .

Origin:
1870–75; chlorophyll + -ous
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chlo·ro·phyll also chlo·ro·phyl   (klôr'ə-fĭl, klōr'-)   
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.
chlo'ro·phyl'lous adj.
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