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CHLOROPHYLL B

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chlorophyll b mean? 

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

1. a dark-green plant pigment having a brilliant green alcohol solution; generally characteristic of higher plantsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CHLOROPHYLL B (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A dark-green plant pigment having a brilliant green alcohol solution; generally characteristic of higher plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

chlorophyl; chlorophyll (any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms)


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