chromatism

[kroh-muh-tiz-uhm]

chro·ma·tism

[kroh-muh-tiz-uhm]
noun
2.
the abnormal coloration of leaves or other normally green parts of a plant.

Origin:
1715–25; chromat- + -ism
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Chromatism is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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chromatism chro·ma·tism (krō'mə-tĭz'əm)
n.

  1. Abnormal pigmentation.

  2. See chromatic aberration.

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