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CHLOROPHYLL A
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chlorophyll a mean?
• CHLOROPHYLL A (noun)
The noun CHLOROPHYLL A has 1 sense:
1. a blue-black plant pigment having a blue-green alcohol solution; found in all higher plants
Familiarity information: CHLOROPHYLL A used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A blue-black plant pigment having a blue-green alcohol solution; found in all higher plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("chlorophyll a" 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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