CHLOROPHYL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chlorophyl mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHLOROPHYL (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 ("chlorophyl" 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 "chlorophyl"):

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)