CHLOROPHYLL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chlorophyll mean? 

• CHLOROPHYLL (noun)
  The noun CHLOROPHYLL has 1 sense:

1. any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms

  Familiarity information: CHLOROPHYLL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHLOROPHYLL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

chlorophyl; chlorophyll

Hypernyms ("chlorophyll" is a kind of...):

pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chlorophyll"):

chlorophyll 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)

Derivation:

chlorophyllous (relating to or being or containing chlorophyll)

 Context examples 

Any substance used to kill fungi (plant-like organisms that do not make chlorophyll), such as yeast and molds.

(Fungicide, NCI Dictionary)

A plant-like organism that does not make chlorophyll.

(Fungus, NCI Dictionary)

The process through which light energy, water, and carbon dioxide are converted to carbohydrate and oxygen in the presence of chlorophyll.

(Photosynthesis, NCI Thesaurus)

Fertilizing is a delivery system for nitrogen, which plants use to create chlorophyll for photosynthesis, but less than 40 percent of the nitrogen in commercial fertilizer makes it to the plant.

(Bacteria Used to Create Fertilizer Out of Thin Air, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Plant cell inclusion bodies that contain the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll, which is associated with the membrane of THYLAKOIDS.

(Chloroplast, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The active set has a structure associated with pigment proteins, such as green chlorophyll that absorbs light, in an antenna to harvest light for photosynthesis.

(Scientists discover key factors in how some algae harness solar energy, National Science Foundation)

Chlorophyll is associated with the membrane of vesicles (thylakoids) that are stacked to form grana.

(Chloroplast, NCI Thesaurus)

An acyclic diterpene alcohol and a constituent of chlorophyll.

(Phytol, NCI Thesaurus)

Magnesium is found in many green plants, vegetables, and seeds; chlorophyll is a magnesium-centered porphyrin compound.

(Magnesium, NCI Thesaurus)

Photosynthetic organelle containing chlorophyll, the photosynthetic pigment, in cells of leaves and young stems of higher plants.

(Chloroplast, NCI Thesaurus)